School: Moys (roll number 10837)

Location:
Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Dawson
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    help it down.
    III
    She searched all around until she got the purse
    Saying if Patsy comes in this will start him to curse
    She ate all the spoons a knife and fork.
    Says if Rosy comes in (this) sure it's she'll have my life
    She went down to the room for a look at the clock
    And the first thing that happened she fell into a crock
    She upset the two seater scattered the meal
    And gave the bag of flour a swish with her tail
    It
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Brian Mc Shane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcrow, Co. Monaghan