School: West Waterford Branch I.N.T.O (roll number n/a)
- Location:
- Coshmore and Coshbride, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: James Cashman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0640, Page 146
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“The most famous of all the poets in the district was a man named Pádruig de Faoithe (Patrick White).”
(continued from previous page)where he expected to buy some. He buys the potatoes and they are measured to him by means of a little vessel. One part is very amusing where the stick was rubbed along the top just the same as a man would now do if he was bushelling oats. Any potato not just level with the top of the vessel would be taken out. Listen to his description:-
"Is níor briseadar mo croishe go (?) an fata deAgus a ( ?) ón dialamh bhí rannsa (?) (?) a béil".
In the last verse but one he describes the change in the people. When the potatoes were plentiful every visitor or traveller would be well treated. This is how he describes the change."Nó gur dhún na daoine a gcroidhte agus a gcrathachaNuair ionnaiceadar na míbte aca sinte cois na gclaidheacaNíl anois ach, bídhídh ag suíbhab, níl slighe bhur (?)
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- Collector
- James Cashman
- Gender
- Male