School: Druim Bréan Lios (roll number 15029)

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1. Walker's Ghost (continued)

   

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   This was a large and ugley ghost
   and wore a grinning smile
   It looked like something got between
   A shark and crocodile

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   And when the monster used to yawn
   It had a lonesome croon
   And swelled up in the middle like a
   thriving young baloon
   Its mouth was like a limekiln
   And its voice had such a sound
   As if rumbling up a hogshead
   From some place beneath the ground

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   The master was a modest man
   The children liked him well
   And why this monster haunted him
   Not one on earth could tell
   Miss Walker was the first to meet
   This lodger when he came
   She gave him no reception
   She commenced to shout and scream
   She ran to where the master sat
   Perusing over his books
   Upon that branch of learnment
   That deals with ghosts and spooks

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Johnnie Walsh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coranach, Co. Liatroma