School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

Location:
Owning, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
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    3
    He'd rise upon his heel a bit -
    His cudgel thin he'd wheel a bit -
    Like a doctor with a lancet, he would decorate yer crown;
    If yer head wor like a [...]
    Be me word, twould get the "jiggers",
    Oh! a caution wud a kippin, is a boy
    From Hugginstown.
    4
    An' see him at the hurlin;
    Amid camann a-curlin',
    The ball he sends it whirlin', like a bird before a gale;
    The hills they shake with shoutin',
    While the boys that ball are cloutin',
    Thro' goal 'gainst all he sends it a shot
    That cannot cannot fail.
    5
    See his thatchin, an' his sowin',
    His cradlin', an' his sowin',
    Sure, the sods he turns upwards are a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Nolan
    Address
    Garryduff, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    T. Nolan
    Age
    50
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny