School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)
- Location:
- Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire Cuirtéis
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“There was a bailiff in Ross wan time an' his name was Mr Elf, and he met a man named John Sutton one day going down to Foulksmills.”
There was a bailiff in Ross wan time an' his name was Mr Elf, and he met a man named John Sutton one day going down to Foulksmills.
John was a bit of a poet, and when he met Elf he says to him ;"Mr Elf is this yourself
Wud your process and decrees
Goin' down the hill of Foulksmill
Wud your nose aginst the breeze"
There was a priest in Clongeen wan time, and this day he was readin' his Office in a field belongin' to a fella named Caule
Begob, Caule shut and locked the gate goin' into the field an' would'nt let 'im in.
John Sutton the poet met Caule and says he to him:"Michael Caule, if you were sick
a priest you'd call
But you ought to be disappointed(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael Roche
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- James Curtis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Scullaboge, Co. Wexford