School: Balrath (1) (roll number 9770)
- Location:
- Balrath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Pharthaláin
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- (continued from previous page)I even saw a face or two which might be handsome called
And by their very largest feet I was not much appalled.
VI
I found them sober now and then and even in the street
It seems they do not have a fight with every boy they meet
I even found some honest men among the very poor
And I have heard some sentences which did not end in "shure".
VII
It seems that praties in their skins are not their only food
And that they had a house or two which was not built of mud.
In fact the're all not brutes of fools and I expect that when
They rule themselves they'll be as good - almost - as English-men.
- Collector
- Patrick Dolan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Kate Fagan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Westmeath
