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1. A Boy from Hugginstown (continued)

   

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   To pay them back in dozens, lest the darlins they should cry.

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   He is "lauhy" with the mothers,
   He's a comrade with the brothers;
   The aunt, not the old father never saw the boy to frown.
   Till Mary's stole away a vic,
   Before the break of day, a vic,
   And married some fine morning to that rogue in Hugginstown.

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   Ye may travel all the nation,
   An' call in at every station.
   From the pebbled strand of Arran to the Wicklow hills so brown;
   There's the Orangemen in Derry,
   An' the Fenian boy in Kerry,
   But the lad that licks creation is the Boy from Hugginstown.

   

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   M. Nolan

   Address

   Garryduff, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   T. Nolan

   Age

   50

   Address

   Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny