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   This is the story I heard about Corderrry which is in this district.
   "Corderry is a grand Demesne, surround by trees and in the Summer Season the honey feeds the bees.
   There are gravel walks,
   For maids to walk, and chairs for to sit down
   There is a bed of Roses all in the pleasure ground
   The water-fall exceeds them all,
   It is twelve feet under ground,
   There is a Steward and a Gardner
   And a man to mind all game,
   If you want to know his name he is William Walsh by name
   The rabbit clips the clover.
   And the hare she does the same,
   The fox lies under cover in Corderry grand Demesne
   The thrush and blackbird sings their notes so thrill, and their lamentings all round the Windmill hill."

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Readypenny, Co. Louth

   Collector

   Máire Nic a Mhaighistir

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs M. Boyle

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Readypenny, Co. Louth