School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thos. Plunkett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 298
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- (continued from previous page)Is the neatest one of all
Passed the bride and the groom
On that bright May morn
They all dismounted from their old side-cars
With hearts full of glee and bright as stars
Onward marched the great procession
Amid cheers and laughter which rent the skies
Round and round they marched
Till their feet must have pained them to the utmost degree
Gradually the great crowds dispersed
Till the eve of that day
On a bright May morn long ago
Beneath that beautiful Summer skyOwen Alf O'Reilly aged 13 yrs 9-3-1398
- The tree in the lawn
My love she is gone to cross over the main
And long will I mourn till she comes back again
I will rove all the day till the long night comes on
And be sheltered by the green leaves of the tree in the lawn
If I were a fisher I'd plough the salt sea my love to be a small fish before me to play
I would cast out my net in the old Annalee(continues on next page) - Collector
- Josephine Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Mrs Palligan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
