School: Abbey (B.), Celbridge (roll number 5350)
- Location:
- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. J. McManus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 390
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Then your sure to have Carroll and Nugent
To fill up the splendid old school
And anyone wishing to join it
Can do so, by bringing their tool
You wont get a place by the fireside
Till someone vacates his old seat
If you wait for that time boys it will come.
Pat Carrol leaves off at half eight
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Then McKeon he'll take up the paper
The market reports for to read
The prices of hay and potatoes
And barley and all other seeds
A better nor steadier servant
Never worked in Stacomny before
He'll never bring home the cart empty
While theres dung in the old(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Pat Carroll
- Gender
- Male
