School: Gortnaskeagh (roll number 16321)

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1. Local Roads (continued)

   

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   the school district. They are called "The Footsteps". There are no traditions or stories told about fords. People gather together at a crossroads to pitch and toss pence. There is a Mass path in Ballinabul along which the people long ago went to Mass at the Mass rock. The grass is growing on it now. It is not a very long path.

   

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2. Song

   “O Lurganboy is a pretty place”

   

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   I O Lurganboy is a pretty place It's equal cannot be found For you could not match its scenery In al lthe country round. II Near Lurganboy there lives Of beauty and renown Her matchless make it suit the place She is the maid of sweet Miltown. III It was in Manorhamilton

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gortnaskeagh, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   John F. Cunnegam

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Address

   Morerah, Co. Leitrim