School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

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1. A Railway Accident (continued)

   

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   I now will quickly state,
   A pair of bogey wheels,
   about 1 cwt weight,
   And a starved old goat being tied to them
   for an unknown time, And in pursuit of food she went,
   With the wheels along the line,
   The night of the wreck
   no cause of it to hand.
   But next morning early were the marks
   Done by two malicious hands.
   Long since secrets were made known
   Those secrets now I quote.
   The perpetrator of the crime
   was a dam old half-starved goat.
   Now Sgt P. MacNelty,
   endeavoured with great main,
   To make public what caused
   The obstruction to the train,
   And a long and tedious search,
   Succeeded true and brave,
   Finding for posterity, The disaster to a newly made grave, Soon taking fast his pick and and spade,
   To ascertain the ground ,
   and in opening up the new made grave,

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Govern

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cloonagrassan, Co. Roscommon