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1. Cormac Clarke

   

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   It is a vexation I got no education To put these few verses in metre or rhyme. About one Cormac Clarke with his ass and a cart. Round the country did start out to Cox's and Devine's. When he gets up his load. He will start to the road. Some call him a rogue but I say it's a lie. Before he would wrong you the half of a penny. I vow and declare this poor merchant would die. II His goods he is selling. The truth I am telling. At every man's dwelling along the Cavan line. He sold salts and senna to one Paddy Heaney. And good Irish bacon to Hughie O'Brien.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Smith

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Greaghclogh, Co. an Chabháin

   Informant

   John Mac Manus

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Postman

   Address

   Droim an Easpaig, Co. an Chabháin