School: Dunree
- Location:
- Dunreagh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Condún
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- (continued from previous page)I can cure the plague within,
And the plague without,
The halsy, palsy and the gout,
I have a little bottle here in my waistcoat pocket,
Named Hoky, Poky, Harry come pain,
Rise up Prince George and fight again.
The Scutly Wren says:-
In comes I the wren, the king of all birds,
St Stephen's day, I was caught in the furze,
Though I am little, my family is great,
Rise up land lord and give us a trate,
The Butcher says:-
In come I Butcher, Butcher with my knife and sgían,
I'll skin her and scrape her,
I'll do all I can,
To get a penny or tuppence, to bury the wren.
Oliver Cromwell says:-
In comes I Oliver Cromwell(continues on next page)- Collector
- Diney Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ashbourne, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Diney Doherty
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 48
- Occupation
- Domestic worker
- Address
- Ashbourne, Co. Meath