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School: Barrlinn

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Inchinarihen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Chruadhlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0282, Page 042

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    My friend Dan Croinín, who's seen many a summer,
    In troth we'll say forty since he first read his primer,
    Has searched all the country, in fact spent his life,
    In hope he could get a large fortune and wife
    The bloom of his summer is now faded by,
    T'would be his best plan, just to lie down and die
    But Im sure 'twouldn't please him to give up his notion
    So we'll give him a month to look out for promotion

    The next who came in was a lad named Jer Jumper
    A friend to a lass, and no foe to a bumper
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs E. Cotter
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Derrynafinchin, Co. Cork