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1. Mug the Rhymer

   

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   There was an ould fellow going about here years and years ago. He was a poet. Monaghan was his right name but he was always known as "Mug the Rhymes." He composed a song about races that were held in Wickhamstown, up to ninety years ago.
   A man by the name of Hogshaw had a horse running there by the name of Fairy Queen.
   It used be a very big meet there, thousands of people from all parts, timble riggers, gamblers, wheel of fortune, there card trick and very kind of devilment was carried on.
   There used to be tends, and a door laid down on the floor, and couples used go in and dance a heat. A fiddler would be brought

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   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Patrick Doyle