School: Brosna (B.) (roll number 13018)

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   “A dozen years has now clapsed...”

   

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   Since I used sport and play
   Amidst its bowers bedecked with flowers
   Perfuming on my way.
   The village boys with me combined
   And travel in the train
   And welcome here oft thrilled our ears
   From the lips of famed O'Keane.

   
   (III)

   Its there you'ld see the birch and beach
   The holly and the deal,
   The cherry, pine and mulberry,
   The apple, plum and pear;
   The gooseberries and currants,
   Nutmets, vines and grapes,
   And strangers welcome to partake
   Of all its pleasant shares.

   
   (IV)

   The summer-house well clustered round,
   To guard it from the rain,
   In cold or heat twas all the same
   You'ld find a refuge there;
   The honey suckle and sweet briar
   Edged round its borders laid
   The primroses and violets
   Adorned its beauty fair.

   
   (V)

   Beneath it screamed a purling stream

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Con Greaney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tooreen, Co. Kerry