School: Tullogher, Ros Mhic Treoin (roll number 14648)
- Location:
- Tullagher, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mrs Winnie Murphy
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- (continued from previous page)He jumped and danced about the house
Saying "now, wher eis my fever?"This balled was made by Neddy Anderson, Lukeswell, Mullinavat, Co Kilkenny. He was a stone mason by trade. It was in the famine years, and he had nothing to eat. He got a piece of beef from a butcher the name of Sheehan of Mullinavat. When it was cooked he ate it, and it made him alright. It was hungry Neddy was.
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“On another occasion Neddy anderson's wife met two gentlemen on the road.”
On another occasion Neddy Anderson's wife met two gentlemen on the road.
Their names were Grant and Shea. She told them that her husband was dying, and that they had nothing to eat, Grant gave her half a crown, and Shea then gave her another, When she went home she told neddy how she got the money and he made the following rhyme:
"He in a hurry wheeled about
And two and sixpence he pulled out,
Saying "this your grief will smother."
"Well done," said Shea, "my bonny boy,
Your action fills me so with joy,
Begorr' I'll give her another."This poet Neddy Anderson is the author of "The Peeler and the Goat. (no title)
“This Anderson was in court on one occasion (drunkenness) and continued to answer magistrates questions in rhyme -”
This Anderson was in court on one occasion (drunkenness) and continued to answer magistrates questions in rhyme - which angered the magistrate, who said "I believe you are a poet; did you not make "The Peeler and the Goat" Anderson answered
"My name it is Ned Anderson
By nature I'm a poet
'Twas a man who made the peeler
And a puck that made the Goat"