School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs Corish
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- (continued from previous page)And Jimmy's young friends soon were scattered around
Some tending in farmsteads, some tilling the ground
Some plying the shuttle, some pulling the oar
Some duly apprenticed to work shop or store.
But the father and mother of poor little Jim
Decided on making a scholar of him.
For although he was feeble and puny and slight
The spirit within him was unclouded and bright
So they kept them at school whatever the cost
None could say that time or money was lost
For he read and he learned and what went into his brain
Remained there and never went out from (?) again
And soon to his parents and friends twas a (?)
In the calm summer evenings to sit with(continues on next page)
