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   The few lines of the poem which I can get are "The haughty fool who made this rule Had neither rhyme nor acts. Soling soles and mending brogues And driving nails and tacks. (Moroney was a cobbler) x x x x x x x x x I offered a pig on the day of sale And the balance be paid on Xmas day x x x x x x x x x I solemnly declare and avow Poor Ned is forever deprived of his cow." So furious was Ned with Moroney that he read the "cursing psalms", a proceeding fraught with grave danger to the curser no less than to the cursed for a mistake would mean the reversion of the evil on the curser. Ned was not quite sure he had read the psalms correctly and lived in trepidation for some hours until he saw a horseman galloping from the Glenmore side. On enquiring he learned that Moroney, the cobbler was grievously ill and that the horseman was flying for the priest. Moroney died and Ned considered himself well revenged.

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr Michael O' Gorman

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   66

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Mr T. O' Gorman

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare