School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

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1. Liostaí Sceilge (continued)

   

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   Cahill indeed you wanted a feed To fill your long stomach with all you could get
   But he don't seem to care
   About our smiles in Puck Fair
   Light hearted and airy he's still going about
   He don't care where he'll lodge
   If he only could cadge
   A good bite of meat or a stomach of stout.
   Who's the lazy one
   Fat and an asy one
   That tramps along by the side of Jeraeem
   But she only have got
   To look into the pot
   They call her that maiden Nora Batheen
   Next on the race
   Mike Brien's pointed face
   With his tie full of drippin and land
   Long he remains for a toothless old maid
   Who washes the rashers in Flenty's back yard.
   Moll Riordan's place
   Is next on place
   And patie plats on beside
   He swears so loud
   Of her he's proud
   And say's she'll surely be his bride
   "It will be fine

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bríd Ní Mathghamhna

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killorglin, Co. Kerry