School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn
- Location:
- Callan, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: An Mháthair M. Síle
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- (continued from previous page)O! Merciful Saviour receive my petition
And preserve me from perils in Thy Heavenly ShadeII
That night at my wake there'll be pipes and tobacco out
Snuff on a plate on a table for fashion's sake.
Mould candles in rows like torches awatching me
And I cold in my Coffin at the dawn of the dayIII
When my funeral is over, and home go my family
In the churchyard alone I'll be left in my solitary
The clocks and the airwigs (earwigs) creeping on top of me.
And I could'nt lift my hand to drive them off me(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Liathán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baunta, Co. Kilkenny