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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 187

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    fire at night and he wrote them all in English.
    He was a very small farmer and the people looked on him as being a very foolish man. Some of these songs are still sung locally such as "Phil Reillys Ball" and the "fair of Muff".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Monica Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncovet, Co. Cavan