School: Monaseed (roll number 15937)
- Location:
- Monaseed, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Nioclás Ó Diomasaigh
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- "Mick Kinsella's Thing-a-me Jig"The latest invention, it is great indeed,
'Twas planned by Mick Kinsella
From old Monaseed.
'Tis an elegant engine, 'drove' without oil or steam,
And his blowing his fire with his curious machine11
The neighbours around could not sleep well at night;
The rapping, and tapping, had them all in a fright.
One night passing by, I gazed n through the screen,
And saw Mick to his boots in a curious machine.111
It had flywheels and pulleys and wonderful thing,
Crankshafts and pistons and box fulls of springs,
A lever to start it, another to stop,
You need never oil it, it dont want a drop(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggy Mulligan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Craan Lower, Co. Wexford