School: Cullyfad, Longford (roll number 15975)

Location:
Killyfad, Co. Longford
Teacher:
William Balfe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 398

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  1. Local Songs (continued)

    Hotel in Ballinalee the first is O' Connell he keeps a hotel.

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    The next is O'Hanlons the charming new store
    And the three jolly-pidgeons you'll see at the door
    The cups and the saucers they sell by the score.
    4
    The mappers and sappers and tinkers and wags
    all call to O'Hanlons for tobacco and fags
    If you don't know the name you can't go astray
    For old Batty's outside hitched up to the dray.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Hagan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Hagan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male