School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)
- Location:
- Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Ffrench
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- (continued from previous page)We stood at home like the Trojans of old
Waiting and watching the fottunes of Ireland
Which were dearer to us than emigrant gold.
IV
But now I'm in rags and my old feet are blistered,
Lampooned by a guardian because I am poor,
But my own native soil will enclose my poor body
Whatever in life it has to endure.
V
The History of Ireland is often repeated.
The Burghers all cheer at their brothers' downfall,
They give you no work, and refuse you the poor-house
You may lie by the ditches and die by the wall.
VI
You'll have to break stones on a thin mess of porridge,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa Caslin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cuiltyshinnoge, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Caslin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuiltyshinnoge, Co. Roscommon