1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

Location:
Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 396

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 396

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar
  2. XML Page 396
  3. XML “Poetry”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Poetry (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    from the tail of Fermoyle.
    His head, it is high and his notions are big
    All the people round Keadue calls Mickeen, the prig
    At a wake or a funeral he is sure to be there
    But, he never gets drunk until he goes to a fair.
    Mickeen is proud and you wouldn't know why
    The place that he left would bring a tear from your eye.
    And now to conclude and to finish my song
    To tell you the truth I have said nothing wrong
    The truth I have told and have nothing else said
    Mick cannot mow without a
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Láimhin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmactranny, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Martin Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmactranny, Co. Sligo