School: Threemilehouse (roll number 342)

Location:
Three Mile House, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
I. Mc Eneaney
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    And I'm come here to walk
    On this beautiful plain."
    IV
    Said I, "My wee lassies
    Dare I make so free
    As for to go with you
    Your flocks there to see,
    We'll go down to you brushwood
    Where we won't be seen
    And there pluck the nuts
    From the hazel so green."
    V
    She say, "My wee laddie
    You can't make so free,
    As to come with me
    My flocks for to see;
    We won't go by yon brushwood
    For you might me disdain,
    And we'd both be transported
    From Rossmore's demesne."
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