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Lisball, Co. Cavan
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S. Doherty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 113

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  1. Travelling Folk (continued)

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    fires along the road and they burned sticks. They collected the sticks, along the ditches. People do not like them because they steal things and take bushes out of gaps.
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  2. Young Martiland

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    There was a lord lived in this place,
    That had a lovely daughter.
    She fell in love with a young man,
    That was a servant to her father.
    And when the father came to know, he said,
    That he would make him leave the Island,
    The lady said : My heart will break.
    It would part with young Martyland.
    She went to his lonely chamber
    "Rise up you before its day,"
    "This very night you will be taken"
    Last night I heard my father say,
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Samuel Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisball, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Owen Tully
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    95
    Address
    Ballynamona, Co. Cavan