School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 317
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A Song
“In Ballycumber's virgin plane.”
1 - In Ballycumber's virgin plane
Or in a place called Grogan
There dwelled two old maids
Named Poll and Nancy Hogan
Poll bought a sucking pig and it thrived like a wonder
Then Nancy bought another and you would not know them assunder.2 - Two Blaguards stood on the road,
As the pigs were out a feeding
They cut the curly tails of Poll's
and sent it home all bleeding.3- Poll stood up in open court
and then began her story
Supposing your honour was a pig
and happened for to stray off
You would squeal and road like any boar
if the blaguards cut your tail off(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Richard Bracken
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Bracken
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Offaly