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School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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Dún Béacáin, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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    (continued from previous page)
    He's mounted up in a holly tree
    A bunch of ribons by his side
    And the Dunbeacon boys
    To be his guide.
    Christmas night when turning the spit.
    I burned my finger
    I feel it yet.
    Between the finger and the thum
    There rose a blister
    As big as a plum
    Christmas comes but once a year
    And when it comes
    It brings good cheet
    But now 'tis gone
    I'm sorry to say
    And it wont come back
    For another long year
    So up with the kettle
    And down with the pan
    Give us our answer
    And let us be gone
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An tSeantulaigh Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Mrs M. Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    An tSeantulaigh Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí