School: Rockhill, Brúgh Ríogh (roll number 8798)
- Location:
- Rockhill, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Amhlaoidh
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“Jony Cowhey was a great Rhyme maker of which one was...”
Johny Cowhey was a great Rhyme maker of which one was.
I sell Cahills bread both white and brown
And every loaf is a half-penny down
Johny was a jolly fellow and every time he got the chance he said a Rhyme. He was living beside a man named Gore who was married to a school teacher in Colemanswell and was not a good farmer, he used to do all the washing and household duties and when he was about to leave to live in Colmanswell Johny wrote a verse which is
Johny Gore you'll work no more
Your tub and búird you'll sell
You'll let the land for cash and hand
To live in Colmanswell.
When Gore went to