School: Leachtbhruadair (Loughfooder) (roll number 14366)

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1. A Song - Ballinahoun (continued)

   

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   To baffle the scent of other hounds
   That might come on his trail.

   
   (6)

   He has a cottier-farm of land
   Well drained and tilled by human hand
   His house on an elevation stands
   Four miles from Abbeyfeale.

   
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   Next comes Jim Doody, from "New Street",
   With yankee tone and accent sweet,
   He'd die with pride, but for his feet,
   He has the peacock's frown.

   
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   He has a larger farm still
   But eighty pounds is an awful bill
   When this he'll get he'll have, at will,
   Old Bills' Imperial crown.

   
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   "Tady Florie," the stunted man,
   He's almost broader than he's long,
   But yet he says, he's just as strong
   As if he was six feet high

   
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   Now he's a boy, who has all trades,
   Can work the shovel, scythe and spade;
   He can mason and thatch and pitch and pave,
   And be a good earning boy.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mr Bartholomew Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Ballinahoun, Co. Kerry