School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Farelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 188
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- (continued from previous page)While I live I'll always give a prayer for his downfall
And when I die I don't deny I'll haunt him at Grouse Hall.
This poem was written by P Smith who is now dead.
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“Larry Butler was his name a lad both tall and strong.”
Larry Butler was his name a lad both tall and strong
His tender parents loved him well and bid him do no wrong
When they saw him is his lonely grave, then many a heart did break[?]
For the soul of Lawrence Butler [?] was drowned in Quilca Lake
II
He undressed himself upon the bank and ventured in
Unto himself his sad misfortune been unable for to swim
From cruel death and triumphant from death he shall awake
He went to roam for pleasure by the shores of Quilca Lake(continues on next page) - Collector
- Madge Hanratty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Terry Hanratty
- Gender
- Male
