School: Kilflynn, Lic Snámha (roll number 15033)

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1. Charade

   

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   Dear friend, I've heard you complain
   That answ'ring your letters I defer,
   Which, sent by you across the main,
   I should my thanks at least proffer.
   A stinging cut I'll call it that
   Some sprite he whispers in mine ears:
   "Perhaps it may be tit for tat;
   There is no haste allay your fears;
   To-morrow will be time enough,
   And then you'll have some more to say.
   Why bother him with idle stuff
   When news galore is on the way?"

   II
   Thus I am led fro day to day
   To keep from writing when I'd wish.
   To have it o'er without delay,
   But for the whisper of that "pish",
   This little sprite with hint's quite subtle.
   Persuades us to postpone, delay,
   And then he gives a secret chuckle,
   When he had fooled is right away.
   III
   For first a prefix, please, will do,
   A sudden smash for neat fill in
   But you must first your sounds subdue.
   Or else it may create a din,

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Edmund Slattery

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rea, Co. Kerry