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School: Carrigaline (C.) (roll number 13513)

Location:
Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Teachers:
Mrs O' Sullivan Mrs Tully
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    Two or three pence will do it
    no harm.
    Whoever will fill the box the
    best
    Up in heaven his soul shall
    rest.
    IV
    As I went up Strawhall
    I met my Dreoilin on a
    wall,
    Up with my stick and gave
    him a fall
    And brought him here to visit
    you all.
    V
    Get up old woman and shake
    your feathers
    So not think that we are
    beggars.
    We are the boys that came
    this way.
    To earn our money on Stephen's
    Day.
    So up with the kettles and down
    with the pots
    Give us our answer and let
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hilltown, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Hilltown, Co. Cork