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    (continued from previous page)
    From Carrickmacross to Dundalk
    Coothill and Ballybay
    We do an awful trade in pork
    In Shercock each fair day
    I'll say no more at present
    For its nearly ten o clock
    I remain your humble servant
    I'm McClery from Shercock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Crosson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinnea, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    John Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Killaliss, Co. Cavan