School: Caroreigh (roll number 6700)

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1. Travelling Folks (continued)

   

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   It was often in Taghmon he did raise the fun And scarcely had the fair began He made the darling children run With hankes of hairy asses With Jerry Connors and his mother Jerry's aunts and Jerry's brother And old Cash comes oer the border With his lovely daughter

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2. Local Poets

   

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   One of the best poets of this locality was Patrick Reilly,
   Camross and some of his poems and songs are around still. The Caro' Sports is one of them :-

   
   The Caro' Sports
   i
   The Caro' Sports are over
   They proved a great success
   There were parties there from everywhere
   Dressed in their very best.

   ii
   The day was simply lovely
   The sports were much the same,
   But the evening came too quickly
   And was'nt that a shame.

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