School: Dún Drongáin (B.) (roll number 7231)
- Location:
- Drongán, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teachers: Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 179
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- J. Ryan
"Yes! let the rich deride, the poor disdain
The simple pleasures of the lowly train
To me more dear, congenial to my heart
One native charm, than all the gloss apart"
- GoldsmithAround the blazing hearth tonight
Are many a girl and boy
Assembled, the time honoured spells
of Hallowe'en to try
And Irish mirth and humour
Sally round each social group
With tales of witch and fairy and
The ever-dreaded pookhaThe molten lead may hiss and foam
And form fantastic shapes
Young Mary's fancy pictures Mike
On every line it takes
While Judy's heart tells her 'tis Ned
Her own dear darling boy
And sternly would she so have said
But she's a little shy(continues on next page)
