School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 292

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  1. Ye lasses and bucks, leave off your sly looks,
    While I tell you of one Thady O'Brady;
    Who courted Miss Reilly, so smug and so slyly,
    Determined to make her his lady.
    But before he'd begin to commit that great sin,
    Which the clergy they call matrimony;
    He's furniture all he would tell at one call,
    That he'd give to his own darling honey.
    First a nate little bed and a four posted stead,
    A bolster quilt, blankets and sheets too;
    A straw curtain, one side to the rafters well tied,
    And a purty dale board at our feet too.
    In one corner some meal, in another a pail
    Of sweet milk and roll'd butter hard by it;
    Some salt in a barrel and for fear we should quarrel,
    Some whisky to keep us both quiet
    Four knives and four forks, four bottles and corks,
    Salt butter a store, and salt herrings galore;
    With good praties as much as she wishes
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary E. Conboy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooncarreen, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    68
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Meelragh (Saggart), Co. Leitrim