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    over a hundred poems and very nice, good poems they are too, they were all written when James Kearns was around fifty years.
    This is an example of his work.
    "When through the
    yard came screaming
    fowl,
    The dog set up a dismayed
    howl,
    Said Fowler "That's a for
    On prowl they are a
    dreadful pest"!
    The milch cow broke
    her chair and fled
    The goldfinch in his
    cage dropped dead,
    The Fowler blessed him-
    self and said "I never saw
    the like."
    When looking down across
    the wall,
    He saw the whole cause
    of it all,
    (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
    Dympna Condon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cookstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Maureen Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Baltrasna, Co. Meath