School: Collon (roll number 14579)
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- Collon, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhathúna
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Local Songs (continued)
“Oh Lord! It is the thoothache Arise Peter and be healed”
(continued from previous page)When the crowd got him released,
They gave a loud cheer,
But they would not allow him a mouthful of beer.
For the contract was made to "Kale", Johnson, and George.
A gallon of beer themselves for to gorge.
The porter was brought in an old rust can,
And they all drank a health to the wheeler poor Dan, "Small Johnson".- Long ago, about fifty years, in this district, poor people used go to work before they got their breakfast, then after an hours work they got "a mug full of stirabout".
Some of the very poor people, who(continues on next page)