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School: Sessiagh Uí Néill

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Sessiagh (O'Neill), Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Liam Mac Meanman
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  1. The Glenfin Heather

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    I
    Till I was twenty one I lived happy with my mother,
    My heart was light and free and I knew not any bother,
    Yet somehow I was inclined when would [?] come the summer weather
    For to go and spend a day up among the Glenfin Heather.
    II
    One Sunday after Mass when the dinner it was over,
    The evening for to pass up the glen I went to rover
    By the Salmon Leap so grand and the Castle both together
    And the river rippling down from among the Glenfin Heather.
    III
    My fancy led me on by each meadow glen and mountain,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
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      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. objects
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          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Tom Gillespie
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Sessiagh (O'Neill), Co. Donegal