School: Log na nGall (roll number 15663)

Location:
Lugnagall, Co. Sligo
Teachers:
Tomás Ó Hodhráin Bean Uí Hodhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 127

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  1. I went to the fair to buy for my father
    A vest and a britches
    A pipe for my mother,
    Tobacco and brógs
    I sold the few sheep
    to the dealer
    She paid the cash down
    In silver and gold
    But Biddy came dancing
    And bouncing like blazes
    She threw me the child
    Till us both was composed
    We called into a house
    Where we had some acquaintance
    We danced and caroused
    Till the cocks they did crow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Rooney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Gortnagrelly, Co. Sligo