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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 150

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    There did a wedding party come
    off some time ago
    It was a real ideal treat,
    they are but very few
    The bride she hailed from sweet
    Kilkenny and her name was
    Miss O Maher
    Her husband came from Adamstown,
    Bob Whitty from Rahard.
    Oh they are giving invitations
    to the gentry all around
    to Ballymitty, Ballinglee likewise to Arnestown.
    Theres none but the real nobility
    as you may understand, servants
    are objected to or people without
    land, but Lizzie must remember
    and think of days gone by for
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyknock, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Patrick Byrne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 48
    Address
    Ballyknock, Co. Wexford