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School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin (roll number 10243)

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Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
Teacher:
C. Ó Ríordáin
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    Long ago there lived a butcher in Clonakilty named Mahony. If you asked him any question he would answer you in a rhyme. Everyone used to call him "O Mahony the Bard". One day this man went to Cork, and he went into a shop to buy some messages, and everything he asked, it was in a rhyme he said it. The shopkeeper said he did not understand him, and he asked him what was his name, and O Mahony answered,
    "The 'ma' of the sheep,
    And the sweet of the bee
    Is the name of the Bard from Clonakilty."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary B. Dullea
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Richard Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmoylerane North, Co. Cork