School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer
- Location:
- Knockerra, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 356
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- (continued from previous page)For Bessie was not found.VI
And now to reach her lonely home
The aged mother tried
Being worn out with grief and pain
She broken harted died.VII
At the end of all the scene
The master of the ground
Young James Mac Colla came one day
To hunt with all his hounds.VIII
Up hill down dale
They boldly rode in gallant company
Until at last they lost the fox
Beneath the old oak tree.IX
Its then the dogs began to yell
To snuff and tear the clay
But all that horn or whip could do
Could not drive the dogs away.X
The gentlemen they gathered round
They called for pick and spade
They dug the ground and their they found(continues on next page)
