School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 250
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“One night a man by the name of Jim Cordial...”
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I beg your honour pardon
On what I am going to say
I think you are mistaken
And entirely led astray
If that be so said the agent
I'll freely try this case
For I'll produce my author
And I'll bring you face to face
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Then Richard Ely was called down
Made up this rhyme on
How dare you sir impose a lie
On the word of a gentleman
SO when Delaney heard this news
The blood boiled in his veins
To suck for satisfaction
Unto a silent place
To seek for satisfaction
Let what would be his fall
It was in that tyrants body
He lodged a betal ball.
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Which brought him down unto the ground
All in a crimson gore(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Éiríne Seymour
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Cloncully, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Seymour
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Cloncully, Co. Laois