School: Anach (roll number 13630)
- Location:
- An tEanach, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 397
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- (continued from previous page)My youthful plays, and schoolboy days
Around St. James's Well
II
To the dear old well in former days
I have heard the old folk say
Good people came from far and near
Upon St. James's Day
From England and from Scotland
And far off lands as well
In thousands there they daily prayed
Around St. James's Well.
III
And you fond master kind and true
I hope you are teaching still
In that dear old school so far away
Down by the rippling rill
Twas there in happy days gone by
You taught me first to spell
Long years before I thought I'd roam
From sweet St. James's Well
IV
Now to conclude and finish
This plain and simple lay
Just scribbled by an Irish boy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Liam Lavin
- Gender
- Male
