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1. Local Songs - The Cool

   

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   Dear Thomas, I am well aware,
   The postard will to you seem "quare",
   But no man can be counted wrong,
   To seek what does to him belong.
   Both you and I had some dealings past,
   In Longford town September last.
   You bought from me you are aware,
   A cool of butter then and there.
   And at that time you did agree,
   To send the vessel back to me.
   Which was required in Cloncoose,
   For similar and present use.
   It was to reach me without fail,
   In two weks from the time of sale.
   Besides it was my right to get,
   But right or wrong you hold it yet.
   Now if by stealth some person has it.
   I'll try to get it by "gazette".
   The staves are ash, white clean and sound,
   And with good sally hoops well bound.
   Then two big ears surmount the hoops,
   And thick as those of "nincompoops",
   It's broad and firm, short and round,
   And sits quite level on the ground.
   It would not lose ot leak or drop,

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bríghid Ní Bhuadhacháin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Thomas Bohan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim