School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 245
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A Song
“From each Shebeen shop that sold a drop”
Each Shebeen shop that sold a drop,
Of the real old mountain dew,
The poteen still on every hill,
The pealers had no call,
Until Balfour placed that ugly baste,
Full Seargeant in Grousehall.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Vincent Matthews
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Pat Hopkins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- (continued from previous page)The opeing of the Protestant Hall
The Kellet's and Elliots were all in the join,
All scions of Billy who crossed oe'r the Boyne
Miss. Toner the teacher we nearly did miss her,
Jamie Matthews the merchant
