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School: Garrdha Dubhlios, Pálás Gréine (roll number 10991)

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Garrydoolis, Co. Limerick
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Ss. Ó Nuanáin
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    “Last Summer next Winter the year before last / A man with a hammer stood breaking his fast.”

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    Last Summer next Winter the year before last
    A man with a hammer stood breaking his fast
    Some cast iron cheese cakes he tried hard to eat
    But those cakes they fell down and
    broke the corns in his feet.
    II
    He went to the doctor and stated
    his case
    The hot tears from his eyes burned
    holes in his face
    The doctor filled those holes up with
    sawdust and tar
    And it was with a football match
    he lit his cigar
    He washed his feet with some "russian
    salac"
    Which made the hair grow down on
    the neck of his back
    III
    This man had a father so some
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Comans
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghaready, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    John Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Male