School: Cill Cruain (B)
- Location:
- Ballyglass South, Co. Galway
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 433
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Come on my dear people it is my intention a few verses to make,
It's concerning a donkey that lately was raffled
And bred in the valleys of Ballyhiague
II
The night he was raffled the people were baffled
They did not know how to find out the place
The river was high and the stick was not dry, and of course the new bridge it was'nt half made.
There was too much expenses in making the fences or sinking the river round Ballyhaigue
III
To creep on the stick it was no easy trick for any young girl that wore a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Morgan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Tiernan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Occupations
- Farmer
- Shopkeeper
- Address
- Ballymoe, Co. Galway
