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    “She lives beside the Enor ¶ At the foot of Slieve na mban.”

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    VI
    May the angels ever guard her.
    Was her dying sister's prayer
    And folded it in a letter.
    A braid of nut brown hair.
    End.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leonard Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklin, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Christopher Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklin, Co. Cavan