School: Tombrack (roll number 15940)
- Location:
- Tombrack, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máighréad, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 364
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- 364Kinsella's Goat.Of all the damn devils of goats I have known,
The worst of them all is the goat that I own,
Which I bought in the Harrow in June '63,
She has ate every cabbage and peeled every tree
Around Ballytracy and Bolger's old fort
And tomorrow I stand as a criminal at court
To account for her deeds before Oulart's J Ps
And I'll plead for her hanging on my two bended knees.I bought the damn rascal from Jack MacNamee,
And he vowed that her milking was equal to three
For quietness and order there was none to compare
With the dame that I bought in the Harrow Goat Fair
On our way to my homestead with the rope in my hand,
At Tubbergal Cross she took full command,
And capered before me like a soldier on guard
So to measure her strength against Michael the bardBad cess to the hour that I met Mac Mamee
And the goat that was reared on the slopes of Slieve buidhe.
In a whisper he told me she'd triplets last year(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Anthony Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Wexford
