School: Tóchar, Teampoll Mór (roll number 613)
- Location:
- Togher, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Siobhán, Bean Uí Mheadra
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- Lukes CottageFarewell to the skraws and the scallops
Farewell to the sootdrops and rain
Farewell to the smoke and cobwebs
That frequently moythered my brain
Those filthy vile plagues are all over
And forever again I disowen
I fancy myself now in clover
Since I got a new house of my own.
Many is the journey I travelled
From Killavanoge to Roscrea
In pursuit of a cottage and acre
And hear what the guardians might say
At last they agreed and consented
Full justice to me they have shown
They gave me a plot and a cottage
And now I can call it my own
By plans schemes and specifications
The laborers act was composed
To better our sad situation and pleasure
And comfort disclose
I wish all the poor men of the nation
From Cork to the County Tyrone
Were possessed of a cottage and acre
They freely might call it their own(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patrick Hanrahan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Luke Kenehan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Clonbuogh, Co. Tipperary