School: Rathowen (B) (roll number 5101)
- Location:
- Rathowen, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Mc Garry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0741, Page 246
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- (continued from previous page)And cut them stripes by the way they were tripes
And boiled them his ould leather breeches
(6)When the tripes were stewed on a dish they were strewed
The boys all cried out, the Lord be thanked
But Hegarty's wife was afraid of her life
So she thought it high time for to shank it
To see how they smiled for they thought Pat had boiled
Some mutton and beef of the richest
But little they knew that it was leather burgoo
That was made out of Paddy's ould breeches
(7)They walloped the stuff, says Andy its tough
Says Paddy you're no judge of mutton
When Brian McGurk on the point of his fork
Held up a big ivory button
Says Darby what's that, sure I thought it was fat
Brian leaps to his feet and he screeches
By the powers above I was trying to shove
My teeth through the flap of his breeches(continues on next page)
- Collector
- T.F. Mc Garry
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Rathowen, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Bernard Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 35
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Windtown, Co. Westmeath
