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School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)

Location:
Carrigans, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 7

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  1. Stumpy's Brae (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    "Could we not murder yon man tonight?"
    "Aye could we ready" quoth she.
    12.
    He took the pickaxe without a word
    Where it stood behind the door
    As he passed in the sleeper stirred
    That never wakened more.
    13.
    He's dead says the auld man coming back,
    What o the corpse my dear.
    We'll bury him snug in his ain bit pack.
    Never you mind for the loss of sack.
    For I've taken out the gear.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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