A Spot of Folklore from Co. Carlow
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The old woman who could at will turn herself into a hare. Firmly believed down by the Slaney side in Co Carlow.
My father ("P.M.D. of the Nation") immortalised one such incident in the following Ballad - wh- has never been published.The Cailleach Fay or Slaney's Magic HareOne night - it's long long ago
As in my cot awake I lay
I heard a whispring at my window low:
"Be ready at the break of day"When sparrow chirups on morning breeze
Sir Richard (i) and his beagles tall
Will dash along amid the trees,
To draw at Clonegall"An English captain and his lady fair
Will join the retinue gay
And the master swears from out her lair
He'll drive the Cailleoch Fay"(i) Sir R. Butler of Ballintemple, Tullow, Co Carlow
My father ("P.M.D. of the Nation") immortalised one such incident in the following Ballad - wh- has never been published.The Cailleach Fay or Slaney's Magic HareOne night - it's long long ago
As in my cot awake I lay
I heard a whispring at my window low:
"Be ready at the break of day"When sparrow chirups on morning breeze
Sir Richard (i) and his beagles tall
Will dash along amid the trees,
To draw at Clonegall"An English captain and his lady fair
Will join the retinue gay
And the master swears from out her lair
He'll drive the Cailleoch Fay"(i) Sir R. Butler of Ballintemple, Tullow, Co Carlow