School: Keelagh
- Location:
- Keelagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ellen Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 140
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An Old Song (continued)
“In the year 1765 Poet Prady who was a native of this district was arrested and put in prison for selling poteen”
(continued from previous page)My name and my surname is potteen.
II
If you are the villain caused me to come here.
May the curse of my children light on you.
You banished me far from my children and wife.
Put I'm in defence of your malice and strife
And for ever I swear against poteen.
III
A you poor silly poet you seem in a rage.
D'ont you know that a glass in the morning.
Is taken by the learned the wise and the sage.
As chiefly as daylight a dawing.
But for the licensed liquor its poison you know.
It burns the enterals where are is does go.
Put my healing balsam has never done so.
And the health of old Ireland is poteen.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paul A. Dowd
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Dowd
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardamagh, Co. Cavan