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School: Tombrack (roll number 15940)

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Tombrack, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máighréad, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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    369
    iii
    Through verse and chapter he did run
    Indeed he showed much pious fun
    From Genesis unto St John,
    He never broke the metre.
    iiii
    The Ferns' daw in passing by
    Set upon the steeple high
    And looking down with pensive eye
    While he stayed condoling.
    v
    Saying "three hundred years did I reside
    Within this Abbey by thy side
    Both you and hell have have I defied
    Though much from me you've stolen.
    vi
    Here is the track of Cromwell's brogue
    It plainly shows he was a rogue
    He stole the statue of St. Mogue
    And broke the ancient crosses.
    Anthony Ryan (60) Farmer
    The Raheen,
    Kilrush,
    Ferns,
    Co. Ferns.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Anthony Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Raheen, Co. Wexford