School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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- (continued from previous page)And brought powder enough,
The kill the big bear,
That was up in Clashduff,
The Bottler came out,
On the road he did prance,
He said to the sergent,
To call out Jim Bance.IV
We'll call out John Kelly
Fred Holmes and Jack Crath,
Tom Ring and Tom Kavanagh,
And the pig buyer named "Cha",
Sure we're all jolly fellows,
And the devil may care,
We'll die or we'll capture,
The mighty big bear.V
They scampered along,
And the first man they met,
Was "Black Geoff", and his curse
I will never forget,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patrick Devlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Joseph Devlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Donaguile, Co. Kilkenny