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1. The Downfall of Schull (continued)

   

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   When cannon balls flew fast and loose
   War served them as a fine excuse
   To profit by each stock in store
   All purchased months and months before
   When warring nations weapons drew
   How prices daily upward flew!
   How every kind of merchandise,
   Twice per day in prices rise!
   For everything we wear and eat
   The present price all records beat
   Of future profits, so it seems
   They lately had some golden dreams
   And built from out the poor man's fare
   Financial castles in the air
   I'm thinking in the present hour
   Three pounds per bag is charged for flour
   And one pound ten can bargains seal
   When people purchase Indian meal
   From Antrim's shore to Mizen Head.
   They were the first to rise in bread
   And charged poor people at the rate
   Of five pence per lump of 2lb. weight
   And in this dear and griping hole
   Two pounds per ton is charged for coal
   And sugar in the daily run
   Is forty pounds or more per ton

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Location

   An Scoil, Co. Chorcaí

   Collector

   Rita Newman

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Doirín na Trá, Co. Chorcaí