Imleabhar: CBÉ 0220 (Cuid 1)
- Dáta
- 1936
- Bailitheoir
- Suíomh
Tagairt chartlainne
An Príomhbhailiúchán Lámhscríbhinní, Imleabhar 0220, Leathanach 0013
Íomhá agus sonraí © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD.
Féach sonraí cóipchirt.
ÍoslódáilAr an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)were two of you in it I doubt" said the Wig.
It was forgotten by the one who is telling the story.
"I asked for my rent but no rent would they pay
except 'twas reduced in a terrible way
Your rent or your farm being always my rule
On the roadside I flung them out little and big."
"To Hell or to Connaught Amen" said the Wig.
The Millar mentioned in the song was the J.P. or Justice of the Peace in Wexford and presided at the Wexford Petty Sessions.
In ? all the tenants united and none of them would leave their homes so the landlord often was in danger of his life and often times ? to bring guards and bailifs to put out the poor people out on the road. Old grandmothers that were bed-ridden and hadn't been outside their own door for years were ? out bed and and beddin on the side of the road. Before one eviction in ? all the neighbours gathered together and they dug a deep trench in front of the house that was to be thrown down. This trench was about twelve feet square and ten foot deep. When they(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)
