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School: Stonetown, Louth (roll number 16431)

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Stonetown Lower, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 195

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    Fragment of translation from

    "An Bhunán Buidhe"

    "Twas not for food that you were subdued
    All in your bloom on a foreign shore,
    But excessive drought-"druit" beyond dispute
    So now you're dead and you are no more
    My wife DOES think that if I should drink
    Strong beer or whiskey it will me kill
    But right well I know it is not so,
    And for that same reason I'll drink my fill

    There are silly misers and bad advisors
    Who live in dullness and who cannot see
    For the want of drink makes their spirits sink
    So a warning take by the Bhunán Buidhe"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Padhraig O Murchadha
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    24
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Oaktate, Co. Louth