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M. Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1007, Page 146

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1007, Page 146

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  1. Song Composed By Peter O'Connell (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    And besides for three nights he had slept on the 'yarra',
    And she was the maiden appeared in his dream".
    Thus many young men tried to win her affection,
    And some of them placed their dependence in malt,
    The corks they were shooting in every direction,
    And sure, if they lost her, it wasn't whiskey's fault.
    But when of their sense and their wits she'd bereft them,
    Leaving none but Jimmy [?] Cook to mourn her loss,
    This false-hearted maiden one morning she left them,
    To carry their crosses, and started for Cross.
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  2. Farm Animals

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    We keep two horses at home. They sleep in a stable. The stable is a big house with one door on it. There is a manger in the stable from which the horses eat their hay and oats. There was a race horse reared in this country named "Royal Meath2. He was owned by a man
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Hugh Farrelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Collops, Co. Cavan