School: Cnoc Cairn, Imleach Iubhair (roll number 10731)
- Location:
- Knockcarron, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Dúthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 268
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- (continued from previous page)VI
The wet old potatoes would poison the cats,
The barn I slept in was swarming with rats,
It was little I thought it would e'er be my lot
To lie in that bed until morningVII
By what he did say to me I understood,
My bed in the barn was not very good,
The old blanket was made at the time of the flood,
And the quilt and sheets in proportion.VIII
It was on the old miser I looked with a frown,
When the straw was brought out for to make my shake-down,
Or the sky over Darby O'Leary.IX
I worked in Kilconnell, I worked in Kildare,
I worked in Knockainey, and Shanballymore,
In Pallas and Nicker and Solohead Mor
With dacent respectable farmers.(continues on next page)
