School: Muine Mór
- Location:
- Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Liam Ó Briain
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- I am a water bailiff and that I dont deny.
But I am not afraid of hero Hamilton that lives in Ballyboy.
For catching fish he had a wish and that we know right well.
And many a dozen he did catch if Rooneys ford could tell.
He fished the river up and down and fished it like a man.
Up by the Scutchmill and down by bullen's land.
Thorntan and his bulldog were seldom(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Anne Mac Morrow
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim
