School: Coill-Chéim (roll number 9044)
- Location:
- Calhame, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Cuinneagáin
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- (continued from previous page)The best old doctor in the town;
I am a doctor pure and good,
And with my sword I'll staunch his blood,
If you've a mind his life to save,
Full fifty guineas I must have.
Saint George.
What can you cure, Doctor?
Doctor:
I can cure the plague within, the plague without,
The palsy or the gout,
Moreover than that (sez he)
If you bring me an old woman of threescore and ten,
And the knuckle bone of her toe to be broken,
I can fix it again;
And if you don't believe what I say,
Enter Saint Patrick and clear the way.
Saint Patrick:
Here comes I Saint Patrick, in shining armour bright,
A famous champion and a worthy knight,
What was Saint George but Saint Patrick's boy,
Who fed his horse with oats and hay,
And afterwards he ran away.
Saint George.
I say, by Saint George, you lie sir!
Saint Patrick.
Pull out your sword and try, sir!
Saint George:(continues on next page)
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