School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
An Creagán Bán, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Trout and salmon all covered over,
    Grand gardens round it and clover fields,
    The bee she wanders and gathers honey,
    Among wild flowers and sweet rosy rods,
    She builds her hive up beneath those bowers,
    And spends her hours at Delphy Lodge,
    The author ranges about the station,
    In high promotion and merry glee,
    In all this nation a grander station,
    Since God has framed it to this deeree(?)
    To spend his hours in France or Spain
    He finds no pleasure nor yeilds nor leisure,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Grady
    Gender
    Male