School: Druim na dTréad
- Location:
- Drumnatread, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: S. Stonndúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 035
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- (continued from previous page)VII
So now to finish and to end my poem
It was nearly daylight when they arrived at home
For when Anthony he fainted John got him in a sack
And took him home unto "the Ring" so Im told, on his back
VIII
The preparation for the bride was good upon my oath
For Finnegan he had skinned and boiled
His darling fine "buck" goat
Then John he took the meggan and he stuck it on his chin
And he swore the next place he would surely win.A man from a neighbouring townland made the above song on Finnegan from Rathrusson. "Sweet Lips" was a girl called Liza Dowd who lived near Finnegans. They(continues on next page)
