School: Tunnyduff
- Location:
- Tonyduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cathaláin
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He had the ass tied, where he kept the mad jennet.The stable was cold and would let in the rain.
When John took a smoke he let him out again.
When he loosened the “tieing” and gave him a curse,
He sent him over to Lakeland where he was seven times worse.
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Then Owen Mc Cabe got him to run with a foal
He hadn’t him three weeks till he was fit for a hole.
Some people say he was tied neck and heels,
While the foal he could skip up and down through the fields.
6.Then one Farrell Lynch took him out to the fair.
Believe it or not he was as smart as a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brian Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Three Carvaghs, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Michael Jackson
- Gender
- Male
