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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 112

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    (continued from previous page)
    run,
    It would cause your heart to feel,
    Some hid in hedges and briar
    pits, and more in corn fields.

    (10)
    There were a few never wore
    a shoe,
    Who did the whole expel.
    Had they no place to hide
    their face, They'd surely run
    to hell,
    When King William heard
    next morning,
    That they were beaten so sore,
    And likewise stopped from
    walking by the boys of
    Ballinamore.
    When they come to me they
    may walk free,
    And play their fifes
    and drums,
    They need not fear,
    There are no Papists here,
    (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