School: Bredagh Glen (roll number 14635)
- Location:
- Bredagh Glen, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 104
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- A: Is the army that covers the ground.
B: Is the buckshot we are getting all round.
C: Is the crowbar of cruelest fame.
D: Is our David a right glorious name.
E: Is the English who robbed us of bread
F: Is the Famine they left us indeed
G: Is for Gladstone who's life is a lie.
H: Is the harvest will hold or will die.
I: Is the inspector who when drunk was bold.
J: Is the Jarver we'll not drive him for gold.
K: Is Killnemen where his true men abide.
L: Is the Land-league our hope and our pride
M: Is the magistrate who makes the black of white
N: Is no rent that will make our wrongs right.
O: Is old Ireland it yet shall be freed.
P: Is the peelers who sold us for greed
Q: Is the Queen who's use is not knowne.
R: Is the rifles who keep up our throne
S: Is the Sheriff with woe on his train
T: Is the toil that others may gain.
U: Is the union that works but for harm
V: Is the villain that grabs up a farm.
W: Is the warn for death or for chains
X: Is the express all lies and no brains.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Ní Bharr
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mary Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
