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   “Verses written on a spree held in our village about the year 1900 in the house of....”

   

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   There was great noise taking place,
   And "Grins" wife she came down,
   And put Owen Flattery outside the door.
   And gave him his half a crown
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   Michael Murry he came there,
   Like a man he took his place,
   And you would think he was a porcupine
   How the beard grew on his face
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   The only man I pitied there was Murphy from the bogs,
   For his only occupation
   was feeding Cotton's dogs.
   The poor law guardian he got up
   To dance a Highland fling
   Bravo, Tom Lane
   Well done again
   Rang out from "Ugly Grin"
   Tom Sweeney and Mary Gibbons
   It was they that led the dance,
   And their only talk in private
   Was about the cabbage plants.
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   That blooming Mary Gibbons
   That was taught by Mrs. Hackett
   She would not dance with Joey Hughes
   Because he was too bracket

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Beirne

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rathmore, Co. Ros Comáin

   Informant

   Dan Flattery

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Manor, Co. Ros Comáin