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School: Baile Stiabhna, Askeaton (roll number 7900)

Location:
Ballysteen, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Shúilleabháin
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    All things above were bright and fair,
    All things were glad and free,
    Little squirrels darted here and there
    And wild birds filled the echoing air
    With songs of liberty.
    On him alone was the doom of pain
    From the morning of his birth
    On him alone the curse of Cain
    Fell, like a flail on the garnered grain
    And struck him to the earth.
    By T.B. Naughton.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    T. B. Naughton