School: Laragh
- Location:
- Laragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ní Riain
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Local Song
“In 1819 there was a wedding held one day”
Paddy O'Carls weddingIn 1819 there was a wedding held one day
Near to the town of famed Roslea
I'll tell you all that I saw there,
Such rebels came from Callamore,
About eleven and twenty score,
Of old and blind and deaf and dumb,
All dressed in gaudy fine and gay.
In comes Jane with lusty ride,
With a bony blossom by her side.
Of flax and tow she'd got three stone.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Lena Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Philip Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Leiter, Co. Cavan