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1. Thady O' Brady (continued)

   

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   For a lump of fat bacon you'd not be short taken
   With some cabbage to put where the meat is;
   A pair of new brogues and two [] skillogues
   To draw water from off the boiled praties.

   Some flax and a wheel, some wool and a reel,
   And a besom to kept the house snug;
   A few bundles of friese to cover my thighs
   And for you a neat piece of brown rug.
   But then for young Thady we must have clothes ready
   With pineady to keep him a feeding;
   A cradle see-saw and a red bolster's claw
   To give to the brat when he's teething.
   Some soap to wash all, shirts stockings and caul,
   A table, three stools and a [].
   All this I will give and I think we may live,
   As well as the justice of Quorum.
   But Biddy astore should you want anyore,
   Roar out without any bother.
   For an Irishman's pride to whatever betide,
   To keep his poor wife in good order.

   

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary E. Conboy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clooncarreen, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Loughlin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   68

   Occupation

   Farmer's wife

   Address

   Meelragh (Saggart), Co. Leitrim