Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)

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   “The following song was made by a man who lived near Duncormick.”

   

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   Her eyes got red from crying she'd no father for her child.
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   Now to conclude my funny song I hope next year you'll be
   "Incrased in wealth likewise in health and in prosperity
   One advice I'm given to you if you want to have alark
   Never kiss your sweetheart till you kill her in the dark

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   “There was a strong man lived down in Blackstone, Duncormick...”

   

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   There was a strong man lived down in Blackstone, Duncormick about seventy or eighty years ago and his name was Phelim Neill. He was a big tall fine man and as strong as ahorse. There was a neighbour of his who had a horse that couldn't be caught and this day there were twenty men in the field trying to close in the horse and catch him but he was able

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   Date

   30 June 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Éamonn Furlong