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School: Skeoghvosteen, Goresbridge (roll number 16140)

Location:
Skeaghvasteen, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Liam Ó Conchobhair
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    “You alla know the time When they used to be driving The cows and the catte...”

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    IX
    And just as they
    Were crossing the water
    Before you'd have time
    To say "Peep in my eye"
    More bees than would fill
    All the hives in the parish
    Came thundering down
    On their heads from the sky.
    X
    And if they did'nt sting them
    Ná bac leis. They stung them
    Again till there wasnt
    A spot
    And every big lump
    Was as big and as round
    As the champion potatoes
    That are there in the pot
    XI
    Then what became
    Of the horses and cattle
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountloftus, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Michael Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Courtnaboghilla, Co. Kilkenny