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School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

Location:
Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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    But if death was a thing that money could buy,
    The rich would live, and the poor would die,
    But God is so merciful, it would not be so,
    The rich, and the poor on their turn must go.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Hynes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Colesgrove, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Stephen Donohoe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymanagh, Co. Galway