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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 111

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    (continued from previous page)
    although he sat within,
    Their balls of lead.
    He laid them dead,
    That day on Ardrum Hill.

    (8)
    When the news came into town,
    We had won the ground,
    And that they got no more Balls
    Davy Knott broke up his pot,
    And swore he'd kill us all,
    A boxful of stone marbles,
    That Michael Quaile did send.
    Those illbred brats we'll rid
    their shops,
    They thought to kill friends.

    (9)
    But all of you aid that
    I do crave,
    Is to deal with them no more,
    And I'll go bail that Knott and
    Quaile,
    Will soon leave Ballinamore.
    When this filthy scum began to
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stradermot, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Tom Creamer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stradermot, Co. Leitrim