School: Lecks
- Location:
- Lecks, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ní Dhiarmuida
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1013, Page 175
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- The Old Stick An old bog stick which he got in a local bog was stolen from an old ''poteen maker''. He subsequently located it and had it conveyed to his bedroom.
It was again stolen he being deaf did not find the racket. He suspected and searched every house where he heard of building operations being carried on and he called on Andy Brady a local rhymester. This song was the result The Old Stick
By Andy Brady
All you thats going to build
Give ears to the lines I've filled
The truth,have quilled
And I done it so quick
Concerning a case
Happened in this place
Some men made a race
With my lump of a stick(continues on next page)
