School: Derreenargan
- Location:
- Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Fionnáin
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Pontius Pilate had a horse
That was black, blue and grey
And an ugly one, too,
The Scripture does say
He never got a match
While a horse was to be had
Till there came an ugly peeler
to the town of Ballinafad.II
I was summoned to the Court
On Wednesday to appear
Before Taafe, the attorney
And J. P's that were there
They fined me but a shilling
They couldn't speak of jail
Because I kept a donkey that used
to wag his tail.III
My prosecutor on the bench
Was Finneran by name
One of the meanest policemen
That ever God did frame(continues on next page)- Informant
- Maureen Molloy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon