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School: Dún na Lochlannach (roll number 11987)

Location:
Lisduff, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Mhainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0060, Page 0006

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    On Friday night at Hynes's, we had a tea-mans ball.
    The ladies of Ballyara attended one and all
    With faces bright and aprons white to look their best they tried.
    Miss Kelly took the biscuit with the tea-man by her side
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Raftery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughrea, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Raftery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Loughrea, Co. Galway