School: St Johnston (2)
- Location:
- Saint Johnstown, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla Bhríghde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1106, Page 250
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- (continued from previous page)Aye, and men who never were quitters.
The strong it quickly weakens
and the weak it kills much faster
A creel of wrack on Samson's back
and I believe it would prove his master.
- There is many a way of earning your bread
and many's the way that is tried.
and many a man in continual dread
Because of the want he can't hide.
But stroll with me now away down by the sea
There is something I'm wishful to show.
You will learn a little of labours that be
Of labours that some never know.
II
On a morning in Spring with a rythmic swing
The dulse pulled steps from her (cart) cot,(continues on next page)
