School: Ardlow
- Location:
- Ardlow, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Mac Síomain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 112
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- It grieves me much, dear pipe, to see that you broke;
I mourn your loss in the absence of your smoke
I mourn your loss and your untimely end -
My warm, social, sweet consoling friend. When landlords threatened and when rents were due
And process-servers through the village flew
And tax-collectors came to seize a pledge
And skulking bailiffs eyed me through the hedge;
When all these cares assailed my yielding breast
And my affairs in sable garb were drest
Dear pipe, in your sweet contentment I have found
When friendship lagged and stern oppression frowned
You levelled down the mountains of my mind
And bid me give my troubles to the wind.
- Collector
- John Fitzsimmons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardlow, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Michael Meenagh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 64
- Address
- Ballintlieve, Co. Meath
- On Monday morning ere the clock struck nine
A tax-collector sought this cot of mine;
My faithful dog assailed him at the door
And stayed awhile the persevering boor;
But he advanced and slyly entered in
And showed his law book and his scribbling pen.(continues on next page)
