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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 225

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  1. The Hackler From Grousehall (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    He'll rue the day he dragged away
    The Hackler from Grousehall
    VI
    He haunts the Lague just like a plague
    No shameful to relate
    The priest on Sunday Can't be free
    The mass to celebrate
    For there he kneels encased in steel
    Prepared at duty's call
    For to assail and drag to jail
    Our clergy from Grousehall
    VIII
    He said on dogs it surely flogs
    Most Shameful to behold
    How he'd pull up a six month's pup
    He'd swear him two years old
    This side of hell a parallel
    cannot be found at all
    For this vile pimp the divils imp
    Old Jemmy from Grousehall
    8
    Down into Hell he'd run pell mell
    To hunt for poteen there
    And he on't be loath to take an oath
    It was found in Killinkare
    He'd search your bed from foot to head
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lappanbane, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Bernard Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lappanbane, Co. Cavan