School: Bohermeen (roll number 3115)
- Location:
- Bohermeen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Aindrias Mac Gabhann
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- Come Mike McHugh you're good at puns,
So tell me if you can
The difference 'twixt the cobbler and
The medical gentleman. "By Jove I can", returned Mike,
"Else Mike M'Hugh's a nady,"
Faith 'tis the former "heels the sole,
The latter heals the body.""Correct I cried, "Hold hard," quoth Mike
"For I have further found
The cobbler's work is under foot,
The doctor's under ground.Prepare, dear reader, for this "last"
That Mike M'Hugh let "fall,"
Said he "the first will awl for ends,"
The last he "ends for all. "(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Gibney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bohermeen, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Patrick Keary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Durhamstown, Co. Meath