School: Drom Dhá Liag (C.) (roll number 12230)
- Location:
- Drimoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhrisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0301, Page 241
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- Drimoleague was once infested with a plague of rats. One O'Sullivan, then Bard and Genius of Drimoleague, one morning succeeded in assembling together a large number of these rats who covered half a mile of the road. By means of tunes played on the Ivy Leaf, he enticed them to follow him to Rosscarbery, 14 miles to the South, where the tide washed them out to sea.
It is spacious, clean, inviting and
Beside the Ruagach stream doth stand
And once upon a time, a plague
Of rats infested Drimolague.They held their own, despite the cats
And through the cemetery made paths
They gnawed the corpse in tomb and grave
And even did the Bulldogs brave.They bathed in the pans of milk
And tore the linens, tweeds and silk
Meat, butter, meal and flour destroyed
And left the casks of liquor void(P.T.O.)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- M. O' Driscoll
- Gender
- Female
