School: Kilcalf, Tulach an Iarainn
- Location:
- Kilcalf Mountain, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Cáit Breannóc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 86
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- (continued from previous page)And thought one gentle tap would break the tender chicken's bones
The first one it rebounded like an Indian rubber ball
And sent ten yards of grafting off Mick Mullaney's garden wall.
- As I sat by my window last evening
A letter-man brought into me
'Twas a little gilt-edged invitation
Saying 'Gilhooly come over to tea'.
Sure the first thing they gave me to tackle
Was a slice of Miss Hooligan's Christmas cake.There were plums and prunes and berries and cinnamon raisins
There were nuts and cloves and berries
And the crust was nailed on with glue
There was caraway seed in abundance
That would build up a fine stomach ache
You would kill a man twice
After eating a slice
Of Miss Hooligan's Christmas cake.(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mr Patrick Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Kilmore West, Co. Waterford
