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1. Selling the Pig

   

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   A tailor in Miltown Malbay bought a bonamh from a farmer named Larry "Una". The pig got crippled and was nearly always screeching. The pig was driven to the fair and sold to a jobber who had no money. When the tailor's wife heard of the transaction she and her "simple" boy, "Jumbo", went off to help her husband. The local feather-monger, Barret, who was a great boxer, also came to assist. The "prime" boys had a great laugh and compose the following verses.

   I
   Now boys stop that laughing till you hear my sad story,
   And when you have heard it you'll pity my case,
   On the ninth of December I long will remember
   How a jobbar from Ennis "done" me up to my face.
   I had but one pig which they call Larry "Una",
   The crippled bitheamhnach could sing a good song
   I brought him out to the fair, he looked very well there,
   And Paddy Coffey, he bought him before it was long.

   II
   There were thirty-six fools and each fool had a pig,

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