School: Crosspatrick, Johnstown
- Location:
- Crois Phádraig, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: P. Ó Foghlú
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- As for a herring it is a poor fry
Your eyes are dim and you can't cry
Your bones are all hackled and tattered and tore
And not one bit of butter to rub to your sore
You were caught in the meshes where the fish do roam
And go back to the meshes poor herring astore - Kieran Mc Bride and his friend Kieran Moore
They're two up-to-date tradesmen nothing more sure
For figure or fashion where none can compete
For a new suit of clothes or a new Chapel Gate.- Collector
- Mary Phelan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Sandford
- Gender
- Male
- Stolen or strayed a brand new spade
That Vulcan made on St Etnas hill
The handle straight beyond compete
Or the steps outwit all human skill
The ring and cramp that bore the stamp(continues on next page)