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School: Gusserane

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Gusserane, Co. Wexford
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Mrs Corish
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0872, Page 056

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    I
    In '98 the moon did fix
    Her beams oer Scullabogue
    And the twinkling star of the planet Mars
    Denoted where each drove of Saxon birth
    Had hit the earth
    And where Cromwell's crew were slain
    When the horse men fled and left their dead
    In Ballyshannon Lane
    II
    I passed by James Moores
    And the forge door where old Evoy forged the pikes
    The night being kind without
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Codd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Yoletown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mary Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boley, Co. Wexford