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School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

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Wolfhill, Co. Laois
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P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 233

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    protection from the police but one evening his cattle were driven away.
    1
    It was down by a green shady bower, as I roved in the sweet month of May.
    The violets and primeroses blooming, all nature seemed smiling and gay.
    The lark and the green linnet singing the cuckoo so clear did call.
    In a green wood where I was relying convenient to Gracefield's grand hall.
    II
    The walls that lead to this grand
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Wolfhill, Co. Laois