School: Calary, Bray

Location:
Calary Lower, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Bean de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0912, Page 224

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  1. The only man that made up a song He lives in Ballyremand Commons. I dont know his age exactly. He is still living. He is to have composed a song about a "plough". Mr. Duffy, Roundwood is a great poet and he puts in rhymes and verses in the "Wicklow People" paper. He also made up a song about the "Blueshirts". These songs are made all in English. Peter Gratten is a man called "The Roving bard" He goes round everywhere through Ireland. I dont know where he was born he is about fifty years of age. He composed a song about "The Bonnet so Blue". He meet
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Fleming
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Alice Sutton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Kilpedder, Co. Wicklow