School: Caroreigh (roll number 6700)

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1. Local Poets (continued)

   

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   Coolgrainey thought of a plan
   And sent it down to Red Sam
   Red Sam went hopping
   And sent it down to Mrs Hoppley
   Mrs Hoppley rocking the cradle
   She sent it down to Francis Hogan
   Francis Hogan let a ---
   And sent it back to Jim Rack
   Jim Rack let a blow of the horn
   And sent it into Pat Gorman
   Pat Gorman got mad and crazy
   And sent it up to Tom Leary

   

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2. Travelling Folk

   

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   In olden times , the only way that the people had to know anything, that was happening in any other district, was by the travelling folk. They would always stay a couple of nights in every district, and tell everything they heard since the last visit. A woman named Peg Sullivan came always to our house. In the day time she always had the cat on her lap and she would be saying

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bessie Banville

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrowreagh, Co. Wexford

   Collector

   Mary O' Leary

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrowreagh, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs O' Leary

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrowreagh, Co. Wexford