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1. Poem Obtained Locally

   

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   Poem obtained locally.
   Neighbour Moonan lost his sheep
   And day or night he could not sleep,
   But searching every hill or steep,
   To find it wasn't there.

   The local sergeant's aid was sought
   Tom Moonan told him that he thought
   'Twas the Stubbs his sheep had brought
   To have some toothsome food.

   The sergeant then without delay
   To Stubb's house made straight his way,
   And there he found, as plain as day
   Roast mutton fried and stewed.

   Marched off before R., Quinn J.P.,
   THe pair of Stubbs gave in to be
   The party who had made so free
   With Moonan's fleecy care.

   And taken from his very door
   Of turkeys number thirty-four,
   And of his hens some twenty-four
   It was positively the Stubbs.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr John Donegan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Belpatrick, Co. Louth