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School: Monaseed (roll number 15937)

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Nioclás Ó Diomasaigh
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  1. Local Song - Mick Kinsella's Thingamajig (continued)

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    Its motion is perfect; it does run so smooth
    You could watch it all day, without any food.
    It will plough, it will harrow, or draw a big load,
    If it don't cross the ditch, it will stay on the road.
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    Then here is success to the Kinsella Machine,
    An end to all engines, such as oil and steam
    An end to all tractors, the small and the big,
    And long life to Mick Kinsella's
    "Thing-a-me Jig"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Craan Lower, Co. Wexford