School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)

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1. John Twiss (continued)

   

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   For if perjury can do it
   He must mount the gallows high
   With poison they attempted
   To take his life away
   And then that ruffain Erivin
   When addressing him did say
   You poison from the women got
   Now swear against her son
   I'll see you well rewarded
   As soon as that is done
   Defiantly he looked into that Orange blood hound face
   And answered "Do you think I am a man to stain my race"
   Now rather than swear falsely
   Before that God on high
   I'll suffer crucial torment
   I'll fight it out or die
   On the seventh day of January
   His final trial came on
   Surrounded by Informers
   Each worse than Corridan
   Of course he was found guilty
   Asked what he had to say
   Why he should not hang by the neck
   In the ordinary way

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire T. Ní Conaill

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Island, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr Micheal Barry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Meens, Co. Cork