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School: Ros Cré (B.) (roll number 1594)

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Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
D. Nash
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    To wear the' good ould linsey[?] gown
    Sure the' wanted to be mashers[?]
    Like the dandies in the town
    (The) End.
    Paddy O Raferty's Confession
    "Oh! your reverence", says Paddy
    "I stole a fat hen
    "Oh! What?" cried the priest
    "At your old tricks again
    Sure you'd rather be stealing
    Than saying, Amen" Paddy O Raferty
    "Sure, you would not be angry," says Pat
    "If you knew
    The best of intentions that I had in view
    For I stole it to make
    A present to you
    And you can obsolve me if you only do
    "Oh," begone," says the priest, "you sin-blended[?] owl
    Go, give back to the man
    That you stole from his fowl
    Or if you do not it will
    Be worst for you 'sowl' (soul)
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Syb Stapleton
    Address
    Birr Road, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Daniel Stapleton
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birr Road, Co. Tipperary