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INTRODUCTION.

E I~ HT years ago, when the Irish College was established III Omeath, tb.ere were still a large number of native

speakers who were steeped in poetry and song. Many of them could sing or recite from memory over a thousand lines of Irish verse, and, of those over sixty-five years of age, there was scarcely one from whom a t least a hundred lines could not be obtained. They could all claim relationship with some of the great Omeath poets of the 18th century-An Dail lVIhacCurta, Niall og A'lVIhurcbaidb, An Bodhran A'Neill, Manus lVIhacArdghaill, or Raomann na Rannta, and, in their youth, they had known Peadar 0 Lorcain, Peig Ni Chuarta, and other minor poets of fifty years ago. At the time, I understood but littl e of their dialect, but I soon discovered that their own keen appreciation of their songs and stories had produced among them a species of literary culture. Filled with a desire of preserving some of this folk-literature from being lost, I began to collect the songs. I realised that I was but poorly equipped for the task, but most of the seanachies were of a ripe old age, and I could not induce anyone else to take an interest in the work. During the first two years I took down hundreds of lines phonetically without knowing anything of their meaning. Frequently, when I went back, a year later, to have the poems corrected or explained, I found that the singers had gone to their last resting-place in the little graveyard of Cillidh-Chuim, I am glad to say that with practice, I acquired a facility in transcribing the poems, but my ignorance of the dialec(in the earlier-years must be my excuse for many imperfections in the work.

The result of over seven years ' labour is a manuscript collection of about two h undred and fifty songs, taken down

INTRODUCTION

from about forty people, most of them now dead, in a district of seven town lands, A remarkable feature of the collection is the large number of religious poems, which I hope to publish in a separate volume. In the present volume, I have purposely excluded all the Dlore popular poems of the district, as the collating of scores of versions would take more time that I can at present devote to t he task. Among the well -known songs thus omitted are Iomail L eanaidh an Bhabhdhuin, Uir-chill an Chreagain, Ceithre Raithche na Bliadhna, Iomail Ath ' na gCasan, An Giobac, Nei llidh NicDhomhnaill, Bean an Fhir Ruaidh, Eibhlin a ruin , Buaidhreadh a' Phosta etc. Exigen­cies of space compelled the exclusion of all the longer pieces. I have therefore contented myself with the publication of a number of the shorter and least-known pieces, preferably, of those of which I had obtainea but one version.

I take the liberty of dedicating these songs to the students of St. Brigid's College, Omeath. For their use, chiefly, the book is intended, in the hope that it may help to bring them into doser touch with the native speakers who still remain· The most direct way to the hearts of the old seanachies is to recite to them a few verses, which they themselves, as children, had learn ed from the crooning of their mothers and grand­moth ers . I owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Se umas 0 Ceallaigh, who kindly placed at my disposal a manuscript which he compiler:l in Omeath, twenty years ago.

LAURENCE P. M URRAY, c.c.

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(Mrs ' Dobbins-C.&lcl UO" l1 Ul blbl111S-of Bavan, who gave me this poem a nd the following fragment, told me that when her gra nd father was a young man, Jack 0 Hare, the author of the a bove poem, kept a little shop on the site of the present graveyard),

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(The' Patron' a t the old church of Killevey was suppressed about the year 1800 by a party of drunken yeom a nry, led b y the noted T(, ry-hunter, Seaver of the Bog. The above spirited Lament was written by some local poet, anrl is very popular in the district. Unfortunately it is impossible to obtain a com­plete or a perfect version. The one given above is a m ore or less composite version, and I ha(l to omit several unintelligible stanzas.)

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(I got this piece from Brigicl Casserly of Drummullagh.)

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(This pi ece was given to me by Nan cy Caulfield of Bavan, who d ied in 19 18. 50 I1"OC" " AI-o -01.0. 1:1'6CA'1'C 1111,b . Som e of the lines are cor r upt, but I could gct no other version. Billy G u y , a Cooley man, was m arried to Nancy Murphy, daughte r of Rcdmond Murphy, the fa mous Omeath poet, and for some r eason he brought his w ife and family down to New Ross in 1798. He lost them during the Rebellion, a nd w rote th is L ament. ,iVhen he r eturned to Omeath he found them there b efore him. They settled in the townland of Tulla, near the B ig Woman's Grave, and t h e ir descen dan ts are still in Omeath.)

N otes-H. 3, 4. Nancy said that these lines referred to the enforcem e n t of the Curfew Laws during the Rebellion ; IlT 1 nor-New Ross .

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(This elegy was composerl b y th e keeners ('n som e people who were drowned in sight of the crowd assembled at the Patro '. l, a bout four generations ago. I gut it from' Annie Larkin oi Lislea, with som e arlditions from Nancy Caulfield. )

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(This is gen erally regarded as a Connacht son g, but it was popular in Omeath. I omitted a few ver ses , as I was unable to m a ke sense out of them. I got it from Mrs. Duffy of Tulla in 191 5, but wh en I wen t back in the summer of 19 16 to get it corrected , I was told that she h ad" gone home ."

I got a few verses from Mrs . Dobbins and from Mrs. 0 H agan of Ballinteskin, which h elped me to m ake some of Mrs . Duffy ' s lines

intelligible. 111 " '1' 0 was an old, half blind woman, upon whom the neighbours played a t rick b y putting h er spinning-wh eel out of order. She put the blame on the fairies, and n ever ceased m akin g lament for h er trouble . H er husband excuses h er in the follo wing verse, which belongs to the song :-

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(This wa s p roba bly the last piece of n a tive Ori el poetr y. It was comp osed b y Nelly 0 H anlon of Cornam uckla, a fter t he fi r st Omeath Feis, in 1902, H er sister Sally, who sang it for me, claimed a sh a re in its com position . Nelly died ab o ut fourteen y ea rs ago , and Sally followed h er " h ome" in ! 91 6. )

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(A robber obtained lod ging in a farmer 's hou se, for th e purpose of st ealing th e horse. H e sang this song to avert suspicion while giving information to his comrade outside. The greater p art of it is N ancy Caulfield's version, but there a re a few a dditions by Mrs . 0 H agan of B allinteskin .) Notes-111 ~lrC01'e"U, churning ; Cc~p~l1'e, butter -ca ke; b lli,

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(This son g was sung to a n old dance tune. When the edible seaweed and mosses came in to season, about March, the people of Omeath carried them into the ncig hbouring towns and sold them in the streets. The chorus g ives their cry as they passed a long . The second verse is little more than a nonsense rhyme .)

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(This song deals with t he popular belief that the fairies carry away healthy people, and leave worn-out invalids in t heir p lace . I n t he present case a youn g married woman wa5 taken away, and t o obtain rcstoration, she had to prove her husband's fidelity in a strange manner. The song is a remarkable one. I got the greater part of it from Nan cy Caulfield , b ut t h ere a re a few addition s by Mrs. Coyle of Lislea, while t h e opening lines 01 t he first verse a re from Mrs. McVeigh of Newry.)

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(I got t his piece from Sally Hanlon. Peggy MacCourt replies in verse to accus2,tion that she killed Triona O'Hanlon's cat, and p uts the blame on J udy Gray of Cornam nckla).

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.6- 1)L\1I1' 11<\ mbI\1, 05'1' 'Oc' r c 'ove, t bco Oc ! A "6iA 5.0.11 me porc ", 0' 11 c16,1' 1e,,<: -<-" I' 5"" ce,,'O '0 '.0. ove,t b co 50 m eAUv" ,n11 1110 1'<:01' .(\'1' 1111rC .0.5 co 1';' 1' .0.1'> t e l t: ' ,,-\ 51'tlA' 1'> 111 .0.1' ,,11 1'01', " u6 , L <:AnA'1'> 11.0. bp05 'si r C"i;]:,A ll 11 .0. 1110.0.11 .0. '1' 1lA 111A' 5'OCAll 's' '0.0. 111b o,,1'> 1110 c.&'1l'O e beo, 50 11 '& I'1'0CA'"11-rC '00,0 'S"l l 0'&1'1'.0. ' 5 <:(', OC! ,"" I' e 'l"nn,

10,

(This is a nother of Nancy Caulfield's songs , Ally Murphy

\\'as a sister of l\eal Murphy, one of the Omeath poets (died

about 1720), T h e poem was wmposed b y O wen Connolly

of Tlllla , who afterwards married her.)

Note-ll1 1i1" H "'1'> , T he broa d C often becomes ]:' in Omeath,

e .g. , V" A'1'>, FAOF05. Also Cl1AF05 = C"AC05 ' 1. 2. Co ,U ,1'>

-O {~'nl' e lli',c-it extended from the Newry mountain s to the

B og of Fed erna, and from Roche to Glasdrummond. It was

t he olel boundary between the Pale a nd the Fews , C01Ul1'>,

like <:e l11' 1'>, is both nom, a nd da tive in Omeath; 1. 3 , b A1te

11" 5 CLe '1,e"c, n ear Forkhill; 1. 5, '&1'1'.0.'5, tell; 1. 8 . b e '!,l1eAC,

the Murphys a re commonly known as 11 .0. b e '1'"'5, from a n

a ncestor Beirn; n , 5. Ct115' \.1t,,1'>, pron. koo-ig e-loo .

11

16. 111 .0.1-0 111 '06 ulX~I11 e .

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111 "" r e , t"'l't"" U m"" t;'Oe"," b", co r """,t l' e lu (1')1 .o.C 01 1" 1''''OOt''''t; 1'",'11 10C" "' I' b ", c o r,;, ,,,,t t e Ct ",U"" I'O 'Oe o"",c"" Ll bl'e ls e 1) 6.0:0 .6. "C I0111 .6.11l C Plle UcAl) .6.' 1" "010SX);\1l.

'O i '" C"'OIr' (:{,t<>- '1' 'Oo '00",11"'" 'Oe'" I; <>-' '' ' t; '5111' c 6\,'O"" 1'''' 'rSte "" T' '" C"'Ot""" scw1'''''' S1'-& I1'"" 'Oe lion ", '1' 'Oe t -&,;,1'\''''u 's 5 6. 1l fn .&lte Sl\l.l .o.rse "0.& 'Olue.6.n '0, 1" Sl,u",mu"" S"'" C"" 11 " " S"''' Cl1tl ",'O",t t o t,I1" ,"" SCtI",1; o e ,t "'s e ll't;lu 1110 """U ",C" o" "" m-re "'" 0 11' ", 'n ""' '1' r e o <).11' M' ,,6 '" Clll1' ' " mo i' tlt;e 1.

(I give this song as I took it down from N ancy Ca ulfield . I never heard any oth er vers ion. The composer tells of a pra ctica l jol<e played on h im by some of his fri ends .)

N otes-I. 2 . .0.'1' ce"'r'O"', for fear; 'Owt;o<>-,t, dama ge t o t h e corn; I. 4. 5 "''' l11 e",u, without sh ame; 1. 6. -,:",oot"" :5, rotten; n. 1. Cd"e",c , winnowings ; t -&,;, p'",U == t<>-111to1''''U ; c"u",'O",t = COl1,t ''''''0'''1'.

17. cO li1 .o.1l1.te .

'01 b" ",c"" tt 6S "'S 'O tlt "'S ""l'1""" U m " ", "'sti r r e o "''' colh""1'te '" t"s ",,,,t""1' ""1'-

111 ", telu "" ' 11111 " '" cO ILle" u 11 ", b,ou t e",,, "'" r"' c111 11 6 "' '' Clpl11 c1,{,b",c .o.C b,ou t e",,, b1' ''''''''re 'Oe' l1 110"" U Ctl1ll"'t; .0.'1' m", i:lSIU bt<>- t 1111'1'tl '1' t ",e "''' "-110"'U e .

N otes-Line 4. t ",c, agreeable, pleasant.

18 . e.o.u.o.R -,: e6c.o.ltt .o.5t1 S URo m -.o.1H:; 0 1J::;e.

1'11"'1'0111 ;'6:';",,,,,,, " '1' mo tl"-&U 50 -,: eoc"" U Ce c"'r '1'''' 1'6'0 01'm ",c' 1'"6,, 1110 c1,olue b", u e,,,se e. S1''' ''''U " ",'" 1'61' '1'''' 5<>-' '''0 '" .0.'1' be. 011111e '" be11t 11", "'" me",,,,,,s <>-,, r,u e t 11S me rpe'r '00'11 C"" t," "OUM,,,,,,t .0.'1' '0'1"'""",1' p6s "'1' 1',,61' mo c1,o,ue Se 'Ouo",,1''' 1" '1'''<>-'0' horn, " '" r"1'6 ,c mo doe", ::;'" 1" 01' '00 S"6t ", 1"" ""Se be"," ",' ,,015e .

Seo -ot11l:: 111 0 L"" ;l -oU 1<:: " ,,1: 0 1'e 'L1111 p Op ;" ' s su r b tMI:" ,U os 111 e tU5 5 0"" "00 ,;," ,,01 's "0" "O"C ' oc1''' L' 0111r" 50 m" L" ,-oe t e o <,:",lt "\:)e"1'l'''' 11 11 om.l. ,"O "0111 "C 111" 1' teoo,,-o be6-11 -"C o ,se Ct111'1" " 11 high-call led cap 01'"C "O e '" r A'1', 1", 5 "Lt "c"

11 ,,"C" , CLOC6- "sur c.6-p u'1'I" '<)" 1' l'" o 'L1'e,,-o 1" ,,"0 SU I' ,, ' 1' 1:11' '' ,<\ 110'5e t t, 11"", 1' " 1'''C61' "Ct' 50 r e ol:" ,U " 0 50 '01'0m-" ,,- "Co' ::'e .

Se C.;}f .0. 1n .o.i:".o.ll" 'O\111Hl , .0.5 z::::e.o..c ~ 'f6- 1'0'0 11'111

.<), Cor " 5 6" 01'05" '1'.6- 5 1''' '' '5 Le 560't "\:), " ' 1'5e,,"O ,, ' l~ Or1::" Le,i:J '" " p oc" .0,'1' 50 1:: 0 ,t " n o ,l " tu S r' m e CU5 r ' CO ,il" '1'"CLe 01'111 " " ' te.6-11 " p o r " -o Le 1'''5<\1'1:: oS 'Mic 1''''0 " 01'''"0 '1''' d 1' le,s 111 e t " ' 1'rd l e 11 ,,0 '1'"C " " 11O' S0 '<)"1' 1" " 1' 50 r eo c" ,U 1:.6- "O <:e , "0 , 111 " 1:0,,)1:'

12

(This is a ver v p opula r song in Omeath . T h e version above is Mrs . D uffy's , b ut T om ;tted one or two verses.

r eoc",U comprises t h e mounta i, .. ouS townla nds of F oughiloutra a nd Foughilit r a near JOIlesbol"Oll gh, while Dromintee is a village a t the foot 0 1 Slia bh Gnllion.)

\9 . .<\5 C11i$1'(J ·O'<)'1il S '<)' 111 '0 0 .

. 0,5 e'1'5'-o "0" ';'1''' 111 "Oe, "O~\l' L' 0111 p e , n 50 1'''r. ,,11 ,,,,, '"0111 ;''' ''1' S e t~ 1'l"n·1 "0,, ';'1''' " " 1'P <" '1'oe"" 11" Le ,",,) , '1' 0.<\ -0(''' 1'5 " 51'U"' -o "\:), -0", <':iC C01'1't ,, '-t1'e'5e"L "'1'1't , " 5 e'1' t ' -o "M bl'0U" <': 1''' ''1' ·111 " t U5 111e 1'e"1'c 1110 I:Le 11,) "01, 1:"" r e""O" l' " 111 0"L l ,,-o u " ,m .

.<),11 o 1'''c" 1::t, 110 " 1' I:"" L" '-o 1::1' 1::U,,'L ' rC " '1' t 1'A-o 1110 <':l,o ,-oe 111 1'''" <':O 'LL'-o 6-'1' 1M' 5 " e,,1' "0 1"""1' '1''' '' rtEno "C,b 1't'''o ,c Se " " 1::.1.-01)"1' " b},e 'L 111 e b11 " ,-oe"l,t" , 1 TH3,t 5 " Lt' ''-o,,-o LlO111 '1' 56-11 "

1'.l.t",L 111" 1' ,;, ,, ,,0 ' 111 0 Oe" ",, ,,<':1::- r " 5 0 l '" ' " Lt, ,,,,, 01'1::, ,,'1' I'll "5 c11" l,n't" -o 56-' 11 ",'re

' 11 6. 111bhn.

'<)' 1: mU l' o e 5 0 "On,s m e 51,·&-0 -0 111 "C, 5 e oo" " 111 1'''1'''1' 0 1110 'i1t11" ~'l' re, ,,

$eoo"",,, b" ",o "'1' c" o ' l" 5 b" " ", P ~ '1'C ,h01' ' 11 6- 5 C1'" ,tr,n n 1"OL $eoo" ,,,,, CO-oL,,-o 1'""0,, 1'''' ;'1'" ,-0 , "' 1' 51'e",, " m0 1' -1110r '56- -o e"" ,,-o

"010111 .<),c ' <':"1' 0I'e"l'1' L,om Clttllt11 e<\c "C 1" " 1111' 05 , 11 .1. o e,t 5leMi' r " " Le

51'.1.-0 1110 <':l,o,-o e .

.<), oe"" -"-1::0 ' 5e " " p .l. '1 '1::e, 1::'" " " b .l.r " ' 1110 l:1'o, -oe l e 1::" 1'1::

.<), la ndlady, my darlin g, 1::60 " '1' c .l. I'"C .<\ bl'e" t L'011"C" 'r1::e,,1: Seo 51111 b111-oe " '1' <':L&1' -0 11' 1::, ,,'1' 5 " " rp .l.r b,,", ,,11 l,e, c11 e.l.,L ,, '1' 50 n OL1''''-o 111'1'e rL"" ,, "Ce 1:11'1. .l.L11 '"" 111 0 <':" 'L'" "Oe"r.

(This b eautiful poem, as well as the fra gm ent t h a t {ollows , T got from Mrs . Dobbins.)

13

20. 11.6- pn.e'&C::.6-1.

'::'1'0."0 mo <':l,o,·c,e " '" Pl' e "C"", '" li) ",U "" 5 o e"'5 0, 11' ' 0I111C", 0'01111, 611 r ·61''''u, '" <':U1U "Oe' l1 C1''''05",l ' 1'''' r co'l' 5u"'r ",'1' "'"U "'r "" T' rd" 5 1I1 UC, '111 e"'1'5 11 ", 11"0"'011'''''' 111:;Al1.c", ' 11' m "" 1'5 '" 0'011111' 56" P1'e",c.", c e",(:c l '" Fe ,l' 1111111'e mo'1\.

21. "01.6-nm Ul "O U.6- "O U\) "O A

1)' '''1'111U'"O U'" "OUO"0 6 '1'''' o{,c"'r "" u e 5l6", I'"O '" .6- Fe , t e",,;' "''I' 11 '" C"" l1111ue 1 11"001'.0.1' 6 <': e'&l'"O<': " "O'el1'15 "0' ''' 1'111111"0 "'11"' m "" "011' , Cl" 'P r e be",1.",u '11'" 0 1,65'" Cl"'1' r e " "'01 bPU11C'" 0"'N, o. ' 5 "" 1' <': o.lt r c , moul1 "O e '11 '" piop.o. e. 5e "01 ~ I'mtll"o U", "Ouo"O'" "'11 r C"I'''I1"'0 Se Ue","I''''U P01'1:06 m.o. \t "0"'1;'1'''' "(;101111CO<': ",U r e t "' l'C ""1' " 1.e o.t· c 0'1' .6- '1' "O '01.1''''U r e 51.o'l1e 1;,,,,,t 01' 0. 1111 "0 1.

"0 ' '''l'm U"O U", "Ouo"O'" '1'" o{'C" r "'IUe 51. e.&r "Oo. .6- 1"~ lte", ,; , "" 1' 11 ", C"'I1.1111ue 1 11"0 0 1'''1' 0. c.e" ll"Oc", '0", ol'e 'q'c'&-r'" "O' 61'111Ul"O " 'Tl ,;, ... ""0111 1. .& ' l e P &"Ol'''''5 1..e " '" 1>"c", 5 e",1. b '& l1 , ", '1' ~, '" 1'"10" 1. "'" 1'1',). ,"Oe 01'0.1.1, "'1''''U, 111'1'" li--e"'I,l", "0' '''1'"1\11"0 u" l1uo"O", ' 1'''' OtlC" r "" Ue 51.e ... , 1'"O'"

(Mrs . 0 H agan of Ballintesl<in gave m e thi s piece.)

22. <lo 11:; .6-11 1J·&c:: rltl11.

Hie-do "'"Olll ,, '1' Hie-doe '111 0 .o.1' o. C, Hiedoe , very well , Hie dee "-\ to,s t' e,u1.1111'u lill C <':"'"""" 50 co' S C"" P"C11' 11 6 ·{'<S 6'", Hiedoe,

very well, Hie-d ee (': 6" cOl'"o "" 0 " 1'1''''' 5''' 0' ce" " 5"" Lcc '11 0.1' 5 CI'.o.01)" .6-'~ l1,b,", 1"0, ,,,, "Oe' l1 5 e"'1'I''''U '1' "O " o'p e Hiedoe , very wcll, Hie-dee . .6-1'"0" <': ' 0I' e"'5 "<': "'1' <::ul"":5 till <':l",b",'1' , Hie-doe, v er y w ell , Hie-dee l1,-l.I01'1., ,,t 11 ", bPOC,).11. '\ '1' "Ol1om 'l",c 1." '"O'p, Hie-doe, very well, hie -dee C0I'-I1(\ ·111u C1.",<': " " r1.'5 e'&l1 "'1' b " ,1. e ' 11-"Cre"I'C-,, '11 "6 01'''°1'05 C01'l1"C"'C "" 1110o,tl" 11 ,,' 1' C I10 C- I1 "'- 11 5 u" I''& 11 " '" 5 c1..,or65 11'I,e"' l111 10 <': c ,,1'''<': (\ '1' Ce61111"c" I' ,,' "O e l"o':5 "0", 111oe"u " c", ",c' p e ,ce o e"5 Pl'C"Co." l'OII111l'e"" 1" "'u l e ''''' ce,le 1Je",1.",c-I1 ",-m",U"'u " '" 5 c",c "'1' .6- t-$e"U65 " '" u e '1'co "Oe:c 1110""lo 0111 e lt ""1' o<':c mo",l e Clll-i' l e ,oc 01'0, '" <':0.11.'"1 C0I'-""'-111UC1. ,, <':, 5 "" "" 11 '" 1)1'0"111''''1'"'''11'" " I' "5eu5" ? P11011111'''' U-111 111 11 " "'11' "'" OU"C"'ll.l Ct1111" 1'''C t ",1U'1' i",u .{\ h e"'I'I'''1' 1.e,1' 1,'"0 Fr"u " " Cj'I 11 '&r 't1111 01'O! '" (: (\ ,1.'11' \')I'0111l""5, 5 '" "" I' Pl'0 11111''''1' 1"0 oUl' 5 C'&C" ? .<lo'l' .6-ou" ,u ri1 " c li1<> 5"UT'-'" 0' 1' '''50 "c'" " " ,).,c U O. 01'0! '" CMl'"1 \')1'0ml",I:S , 5 0.1' 1" <>5 1'10 0111' 5el1' "O c oc'" ? 11 '& ""I' 1".&5 r,h "''1' " cri e 10 ' '''u " 5 "c"'l'l' 6' "5c 11 " 111011 " U ? 0 1'O! '" <,: ",,1.'"1 (':0 1'-11"'-11111 c1.",I:, 5 61' 1" .&5 1'10 h\11' :5C"'U OP05" ? 11", "''1' 1' ''5 1"0 '1'''' " 1111)"' 1' I"U ! "5e",1.1. " " 111111 ' e o1"'" o. ? Hie-do l11Ulll, ", '1' Hie-doe ll11b,).I' '''C, Hie-doe, v er y well, Hie-dee .6- t01S t e ,u1.11111u li1,c C"," " ", 50 CO lS (':"" PC111 U", '&5 "':11, Hie-doe,

very well, Hie-dee

14

(The Omeath Patro[, was famous in the old days , a nd people came from all parts of K illeavy, Cooley and Lordship. The gll'ls of the different towlllands vied with each other in m aking dolls for the occasion, and the corn peti tion often led to faction flghts. The dolls were called cr~oo", or 5eU56-, Felimy McCann's house was in Cornamuckla, while the burnt down remain s of Captain 0 Hagan's hotel may Rtill be seen near the pier in Knockn agoran, Of the ten townlands of Omeath only two a re omitted above, b~lte-.6ou ,,"Aln and b AU OU\II11 , but the latter is represented by its picturesq ue sub,dlvisions, 1 1' 1 1C~1111 i ocC~I' ''<': find Ce"nn"<\I' ,,' -oel-01;';.)

23 . .615 .611 c6n.R.61i1 .

r e.6.1' .6C6 .6.5 C.60 1n e.6U , r e.6. l' .6C.6. 'r1I1C ... \1)

1= e~ J1 elto "5 50,'1'I'''u "ob~c ~'1 ' <':U' I' 1=e~1' el t e ~5 5u 1u e ~ 11' 11 ~ he"rp" ,t '1' "" hl Sll f O tl'Oc~l l'e Cl,ior"<.' ~ Ue" 'h\U "' I' ~ ~t,,'11.

6 '1115, ~ Ro '1' ,,' 1' CUII' bo~t"u ~l' -00 iil'05'\ Celi) cU150 "01'I,,,,i1 ~ n i-'II' " 1'u" '1' bAr c.o. -ocelulm, "I'r~ R Or, " 1' n ,\1' t 151 u me boo .~,<,: 111"1' 01'u II'COC~I U me " P05"-o ~11 i-' 'l' ~cA rl All .

e 'I" 5 , ~ S 111 0~-o, Cllll' rior ~ 11 rC 1Ue~-o o\..\' r L:eo.ll.6. a 11 bl'oc.6. ll '00 Heo:omolll1 li 1.6.5U I1) Q1.

C"n e'11':<; 1111 , ~1'1'<'. 5 ,110,,-0 . Cc\ po ll ~'1' " " rCllte ,,'O .65ur tc, c l'e~u 1'6 bl"U ,\ 11 -OUlIle 001<"C i-'pl-o.

24. c.<i.1ci n .6 5C1 .60 .

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] 5

1110 lill lteAu, 50 OfACA 111 e A11 'O uo 110 A11 '0011 11 1110 lillLteAu , 50 Or ACA 111e 'Ou ltte'Al' 11 A 5C1'A11 11 111 0 lilltteAu 5 0 Or ACA 111 e CAlLi ' r A c t A11n .<\'1' S UI' CAltt 111 e 1110 Cl' e l'O eAlil 111 Al' seAt L All' A' 11 DeAn. 111 0 li11lteAu 50 0 1"' AI)1 111lre t e lSeAlln Al" Ali1 .<\'1' 5 0 11 'OeA11fAlu e r A5At'C '01 0 111 50 r p " r 5 A11 1i10 ltt S uL 11IA 'O c 05f A'O A11 c eArb05 A UA t ,,";-, o r 1110 CI0 I111 P OrrAl1111 -r e CAlLi 1-'A 0PU AC 11 A 'O C0111.

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(Wit h t h e exception of t h e last four lines, w hich a r e N a n cy Ca u lfield 's, I got t his son g f rom Sally 0 H a nlon.)

Notes- H. 2. 111 Ac-rA, i1 Altc, a n equ a l, m atch ; IV. 7. O,ceAl'AC a stran ge b ird .

25 . .<\ n C -<-\ 1l..1n ~"S C011n 'Oo,e 1., (J$ li1 0,1$ e.

tJ , m e t " b OAS Ae t'OAC AS "O ut b O-(;Al1 ,-,' li1 A' S 11 e .<\'1' CA r 'OA,il r p CIt'OeA 11 A'1' 1" A bA, nc C1'AO O .<\' 1' 'O 'j.'IArl1lll s0Ar f.,e ll1 "01, '" eA5 LAlr 'Oc .<\11 bpO l'rA"O 1" 5 1,eA1'<\\UO A' r C0 I111 'OAe ' n '011111 . 'O UO'\\ I'C AI1 1'pC I)10eAI1 501''' ' 0 mc A pt c lueAt .<\'1' n Al' III 1110 l e li;''O- I'A A Ctlll' r' 'O lllL .0,1' "tl\\ OAIl'C r, " 11 A UCIU 1"11 11 <.' 1' cteAcc r e t c ,-c. 5U I' ,i llLo b'}' CA,..l' t CI-(; ' oel-(; I 5C0 11 11 'OAO l.,u S ,i1AIS e .

.<\ CA,t lll CU ,~CAC ·0 ,-' 1' -(;11('10 11 <). mbl' lll "Oc"L 11AC 'OCAI-(; 11 oc'sc"n11 r ('51'A"O Le<).c , A' r 1MC l1-A, -(;11\ SOAl1 n 5 1'eAll11 1)1 0 11 11 ll oi.\ 'Oo q-'l'c U{llH:.o. oc .... \ .0.11' .o.~ .or6 .6.0 111 I'lu1 ulell' e 11 UA'l' " 01011 111' r A,Lc e 'rc' U l, n "0 0 SAC '\Il e 'Ol, eA11l 11 AC mb,o nl1 {' OtA C'"; II' '' ."5A'" 11, A'r 11I ,t A'r pU, ,.. 11111 1'1 " ,\\ 1' A 01011 111' 11111 1' 5Q\\ll'CA t ,\\'O I,.. COA l1 n n .6. (- mbio l1n ri D '(;tl ..o.. '(; .o. (; ' 1" 111 \11\ ll "OOl l'l'C "Olll1 ,(;.6.

n11.''' l' " 010 11111' j.'Al t cc '1'A S LCA11 11 'l1 c' o r el t 111 1r e 111 11.

(I got this from ]\frs . 0 Hagan of Ballinteskin, w h ose m other was a Cou nty D own ·wom an. )

Notes- I. 1. b O-(;AI' A 1i1 A' S t' C, t h e Mo y r y Pass ; II . 1. n A 111bl' lll 'OC" L, f the b rutes .

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26. SC".o-11 6' c .(.\c'&1n (p e.<l:o" l' 6 1.,OI'C.\l11, cc-c.)

1:), r e."" -C,, I'"C." " '5e Se" n 6 C"C'& l11 , b" liM1C ,, 11 &-oo " I'-cu 1"Oe"c"C' 1 'olol r e l e com"r 6'C"l'l",-o 1, "'1' -oe""il"" U ""C 111br"rre,,"O r e 1 '"Olol re l e C0111,,1' 6'C"l'l " ,V I, ,,' 1' -oe"m"", U ""C 111 bl"1're"V re 1 .0-'1' 0" liM1C "'" ,,-oO"I'-5'&1I'e, CO 'r "CI' ''5'''''5 ,,11 lil1111r"Ce,,1' 1

C11l'r"- l-'" l'11 "O ~\ l'tl " 1''& " I' tl, " 1''& " l't' " l' c\"O" I"1111 1-''' 11\'"0 " I't' " 1',&" I'tl, " I'A" I't'" 1,,,"0"1'"111.

1:), b111r "O I " '50 Se,," 6 'C"i:'&111 , b" '00"1' "" .&-0 0"1,-6111 "Oe"c"C' , ,,"0 $e"IIJ' ·r e l e rp.&"O ' ''"0, <\' 1' "0' r"e"5 b1" 5 1V l e 1r "" IJ 10c" ,1 "C ' ,,"0 $ e,,1' 1' r e l e rp .&"O '''"0, "'1' "O'}''''' ' "O b1'151"O le'r ~\11 jJlOC",t"C ',,"0 .0-'1' ""1' -oe" r ,,11 '&-00"1'-;';'&'1'0 co' r "C1'.&5" " '5 "" ,i'11111fl:;e 1Jl '''"0.

Clll'r ",

27 . 11U .o-1Ii. 1)1 1l11 Se 65 ·

1111"'1' 01 11111'0 05, 5eOO,\11111 Cll' "OO"C"C" 0,,11 05 .0-'1' "O''&I'rOC'', 1111 "Oooc" "CO&111"-o .<.\ '1' Oe11111-rO "c" '5 ol, 0""C0 1,i;" 1',, '11 001'"0 's " " 1'0' e 1'"1 " " "C-ol 5"" oll",-ol'e,,-o .

1.,e I1"Ol-oCO 11 0 VO, re 1i,6u"O",;:, 1110 01'0 " 1111"'1' " "C 01"''''1' 1t11 r O poS ,,' 11 li ' '' ' 5"Oo,, " C.& 111 e t "s-1't'&111 "Ce 5,,11 "CI'O 0 '1., , ' 1' C"'1 }'O'" e,,"O'&,t "001;" beo 111 .0. Uell) "CA 1110 c6rhlt,-' -0 e .... \l1 c.o..

Seo t1"C'1' "O",i1 61'1' 1"01' 50 h.&i;- I1 ,,-C lo1ce '11011' -0""1'"0"0111 111,,1' 01 ,,,ct"r "'I' "5<\1-0 11" rp ''''1"11-o So ore,t me 'mo Lt11 50 t e C0I'I' ''-o ,,'1' 1111 1.,0 '1' ,,11 "OOC"I ' (C0 I' I'0'5) 11 <\C 11-' <\1 '1''' '111 r t '& l1 .& 1'

.(.\ '"01", ' 1''' 1ill111'0, 11 .,\1'0 6""O"C1'0'111 1110 CI'0l-00 "-'5 e1pt;11) U.o.l11 ~' e lll "01 ,,-' U6111 1l 61~ C,-\U.6.11 e 1"111 .o.5 ur .o. 11 .(.'.01,50 TIlb'C I 51 1l 'O ... \Il'l lUl~C le 1110 cor" 01 F I" C1\' "\'1' leo"c,\ .

.(.\ n LC ,6:C"& 11 .0. i"l1 tUC, rcolz:.,\ 6.11' 5 ... ,'n 1111:) "['0.6.11.6. C0111l'A no 11 .(.\O~ , ... \ 'n CL6. Ij\ "0.6.111

b"o pt", "'I' " ,(:"o,0 11 ,\C le'SF0.<\V 01'111 Se\Oi; S11t 111" l'eI1PF " ' "o " " "O,\oll 1110 CI1&li1'-\

(Taken down from Brigid Casserlv, with some emendations by Sally 0 Hanlon. Some of the lines are still very obscure.)

Notes-I. 2. "Ce'&111.,\-o, sport, fun-making: IT. 3. e,,"O'&,t, hope; Ill. 2. ,,,cl"r, herb-cur.ng; I'P"'1"11-o was explained as "a wasting disease"; Ill. 4. C01'I'0S (Sally), the h ip joir.t; V . 3. b.<\Opt ,,', buckles; ,\11 "O"ol is not the ordinary beetle, bnt one known as the" coffin-cuHer."

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28 . .0.11 c.o. ll111 n UAI) .

"O~ 111 b6111n- r e , 111 bl'~un ~ 111 ~l' 0 1 11113 ~ntlll" 'O L:O'S be~s ~ oe,i; ~S~111 ~ co'r ~11 bM'" CU'l'l" 1111 111 0 0""0 ~111 ~C 1'~ ' n cSe"'"~'nll 5 0 "Oc",b~l'r~'"n ~o~ , lc 1110 C~ ' l 111 1'\1 ~1'> S ' UfM,l 111 13 l e ,b 0 o~,l e SO b~,le tl" "o b l ' "i;' Cl, ~i;, CU111 n~ "5e~,,~ , c l' u ~ ' 'o C~n r e ,l ~' n ,i1 ,le ~ '0'1'''5 111 13 111 0 \,)~,l c 11 ~1' 1)"" 1 111're P05 "O e 111 0 C~,l ," l \\l ~U .

,\,) , Ct,l Sl,u ~ , se "'J1J1 i;" r1 0r so "Od ' 11 c<,l ~, i1 .o.S111' b~l'l' ~ '1' ~ o 1'ln11 e SO "OC tl S 1"1'0 bu ~, -o 11 ~1'0 ~O ' l')11111 "00' 11 ce t,"O ~ se o\')~r l e 11 1C~ll~-o H..o.o5.6. 11.6. EC.6.1t l ll , 111 0 C.6. 1l1 11 pll .o:6

"O~ 111be'"l-r O conI r~' -o0 '1' ~' r 01 111 13 ~nl1'1" -o "t6S}'~'" 1 COlS m ol' ~'1' ~ 11 Cll 0 C ~"o~1 fu~r -r10 11 ~su r 01' oe~I' 1'~' l111- re "00 111 0 r C01' . .0.' 1' 0 13 ' " " ~S S~o~'l h~ll"" b All " l e 111 0 C~, l111 I'u ~-o .

"tu5 111 6 l' 0111 1 0 o~,l e So b<l.,le .0.(: b~ 'Oo,l ,S " 111 e~ll~-o 111 ~1' 01 1" 1' \1 ~-o b ' re~l'J1 l lOm bc~n oS ~ SCOO~' "11 l e 111 e~ll~-o ·m o C~ , l ," he~I111 ~ ,i l ~,l 5e~n~,i1 ~1l J1l1 ~-o C~l1 r e ,l ",' n c o 'S or"O~ 11 0 l e,\1 ' " ~ c~r~u 1'0,il ~l1'" 'r~ oe~l ,\c 11 ~c "OC\1 5 111 e "O e o c l e~1111 ~ "00 111 0 C~, l111 1H' ~-o .o. c, "O" mbs 1" l e , i; , l e bt1 "c~,ll r ' o p~ S l All 50 "Oc,ll1" -o " u , ~ C." ,l ," l'\1 ~-o

(First t wo verses from Mrs. D uffy, Corra kit-thi rd from Sally o H a Il1 01l. )

29 . s e "00 '\') e.o.t: .O- 50 c .o.1n "l11111 .

Se "0 0 oe ~i; ' 50 C" 'l'l 'l111 , so C"'1,l' "11 , so C"'1,l'"11 Se "00 oe~i;' So C"'l'll1'l1 , " 'O~,ldll li l ,c 5lOll~ nt1 ~' 'O Se "0 0 o e"i;' s o C" 'l,l'l1 11, So C" '1, l'"11, So C" '1,l'"11 .0.'1' "O'Olr~'"11 P 10 11 C~ ~' I' cl " 11 -0 111C, ~11 c e~"O U, "O e ' 11 0l1.,,-o<l-111 Ut'

30. C.o. l l111 'oe.o.s Clllil 'O.o.C. n .o. 111 b6 .

.0.5 13 ' 1'5 ' '0 "O ~li, 111<\. ' "0 '" "Oe "06,il11<\. ' 5 's 111 e ~5 ct1]' 1'H<l.c <1. '1' CJ1 0 111 0 Ct11 "O se Ce c~r 01'111 <I-C 111~' :t;I'C oe~5 lil0D';'~1' .0. 1'eo l~-o <I- cu,"O b 6 ' r~n r Ct'11 "00 fUl-o 111're r e 'l1 ~' t' ~ 11 "OI'6 cc l 6, .0.'1' l e "Oui; I' '''cc i;u 5 1111re "01 p as "O~1'111 0 Del1i1 n e c~l' celll me 111 0 t"'" "01 .o.n C~,t111 "O e."r ct1m"O~c 11 <1- ",b6 .

11' bl1111e i 11A CUACA 11A Ct1ul1111e 11' AO lo11 e i ,,,-, rAel'-clAn 11 A Cl' t1lnn ' '5 AC' mUl' b'e lucc 11 A mbl'e 115AC, bu-o CU, I'co, 1' , mo ce05AI' 'Sa nlSlll Ihll11''' 11 .0. l'.6.11) 06.'11 'YOUlne .6.C(\ Inn .

1r blnne i " A'11 ton All' 11 " C 1,,\1111 Al ° l' SI t e i 11 ;).'n eAl ;). 1';). -00

I1;).C m e;).nAI' 1)0'" ce 5eooAr te m e ." lL.,,-o 1110 C." ,tlll ue;).1' Cll1ilU;)'C I1 A mbo.

CeAl1n AcAI-o me C01'1,-0AC;). 1){,oAIL ceAc .0. mbel-o cu;)'c ;). '1' 1'AOl mo r Co l5 :S ur h AcA tAl' O<\l't' n " 5C'II5 5c(lIseA-o .0. mbeA-o rc61p A'1" 'rceAC 1 1)COI 5 Olt SeAr1'Al-o 111e 1 5ce;).1'c-t.& t' lM 11'016c;). .0.' 1' 50 C'II5 ul;).-o oe;).l'1'·" 1' 111e 611 rp OI'C bel-o c;)'lll111 oS;). ;).'1' ;).' 11 1{,t tl0111 :S;).C oeAt ;).c;). I'IUO;).t1'AI-o 11103 All 1'01) .

Dl me re;).cc 1'eACClilAl11 1 l1:SAl tt l1h .0.'1'01 1116 r eACC 1'e;)'cclil Al 11 ;).5 o l .0.'1' 01 111 e re;).cc reAccli1AI"e e lte .0.5 cU1' t'&r;).1 t e c<,o1';). 1i1 ott RU;).I-o' 'O'Ot ;)' I1111 -r e rt &,11 Ce 11;), cAltt15e .o.5ur 5 1''&-0;).11111 -1'03 C0 1111 U.o.e 11;). m,-oe (:;),11 ;),11' 51'.&-0 Ct1l 5e;)'11 c;)'lttI 5;). u'ot me .o.c 51'A-o ;).5"1' 1){lIt ' 11111 ;).1)15e.

CA cAltln I 5Con " 1);).e 11 ;). 5;)'lll' li1e .0.'1' CA C;)' ltl11 1 5-Con111)Ae 'tl1'e - e05;)'ln .o.c' C.& c;).tln be;).5 e lte 'rA o;)'lte '5;). telt'u c;).n r;).c;).r 50 1'61tt C'& 111lre 5;),11 pOrA-o ;),11' ;). 11 r'&l1) r eo .0.'1' mo cOliMl l'de reI" '1';). 01'elt beo Se mo lhlte Cjl;)'-o Cl,01-oe 5All me pOrUA 'Le CAltl" 1)e;).r CUril1)AC 11 A mb6 .

.0. "61A 'rA 1il tll1'e 11 AC cl111 A5 1"11

.0. 5eA11 ;).' 1' ;). 1'U At oht 'm A5A1-O 11 A cnOCA (,U A 111bel11n-re 'SA ttl ;).-O teoot;). '0' Atl"11 5 ;). r11\I A-o 1nl' ;).11 51'e111 Oc, ;). C;)'l tl11 bi rU5;).C '1' bi r ArcA 5 10m",-o 111 AC m Altl,e 5;),11 c1'e6 '1' 11 AC AI5e 'OM ACA r,or SA l,e oeAr be6 l111 bAl'AC .o.5u r tI 611CA1' 1)0'11 CA1'C;). 1)e'11 1)e615 '

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(The first verse from Annie Larkin of L islea, about eight lines from Nancy Caulfield, and the remainder from Mrs. Toal of D l'umla gh . There is really a mix ture of two songs with the same refrain .)

Notes-Il . 2. r Ae l,ctA11 11 ;). Cl'tl11111,' the dewy primrose; Il. 7. meA11AI', happy; Ill. 1. C01'1'0ACA, tie, cravat; Ill. 4. CUAC, a knot; Ill . 5. lM 11'OltlCA, of the Dukes; Ill. 7. A'1' A'11 l\1t, together; VI. 8. tl611CAl', autonomous imperative.

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3 1. R6s .o-t.U11111 C(1 1t.-Ct..o-1111 .o-1:1';.

1): me, t & r .<l- 11 roS,i' .~1' .<l- 0.<l-' 11 'C eOI'I1 .<l- .<l-,se ct1' .<l-"1-1i,e .<l-L ~ Ce C.<l-r '111' .<l-' 1'01) 01'''' .<l-C' ",0 !l01' .<l-l ll111 11 C(l1L-Cl.<l-I111~I:'; 'U'j.'IOr 'C1"115 me .<l-'r 1)'j.'I.<l-r l'.<l-IS "'0 5.<l- 1'<>10 ri le F.<l-1)" .0-'1' 1)tlI'M'1''C ri So l'.<l- IO ri por'C<\ o r CIOIlI1 11 .<> bOllllle Le r e.61' e ll(' t '11 'C 1110 c1'o lue So 01,011.<l-C Sr oi 111 0 1'1'011 " 'Cl IS"' 'C role, 'UttO.<l-II''C 111 e Stll' 'Cl1l r LC <\ 1"' .<l-11' mO .<l-ISC r.;OIS t01)'C.<l-'1' <\5 6llo ~ I1I1 " C.6..11 1-'efl "01011 .6.11' 1110 oot.o.. ll, .6.'1" r:.& 1110 tlltU 11161'1;'\'"0 Le 'C6S,\llr: A,r).;.\ ll c'

.0-'1' FC"r 1).<l- So 1)eolS 5"11 R61r "ltlll1l1 CtIlL-CL.<l-11 11 111 ;<; .

'O'OLr" " ' " , .<l-' r 1)'OLl',-'" 111 .<l-' r 1) '01.1' <\ 11111 " r l",n 'Cc .0- l' 1)" ",OClll ll .<l-11' 001'1) Lm l1 se, 1) 'O ll' ,\l 1111 .<l- 0,<'1) e 'UA 11106, 11 11 '1110 OC .<l- I1-"L'CI'0111, .<l-'r 're ' 11" P"'1'1)(', CUI1'r ' l1 11 cl',or Ce""S.<l-IL " '1

' 1110 HOlr " t1111111 Cl1ll-cl.<l-I1I1.(\:S

'UA 1110elll11 '1110 S1'O"r.<l-IUC ALtIlI1I1 110 '1110 t " 'LtI111' oc<\S OC,,1),\l50 110 '1110 1'''0 1' .<l-'1' .<l-11 cOIH "Unl.<l-l1) -oC.<l-l1r.<l-ll111 0,,1) .<l-sUr COI'CC .0-'1' Oe"1'r " "111 .<l- 01'''1) or CIOlll1 .<l-11 CL"'1' 1110 Hor " Ltl11111 Clllt-Cl"I1I1,\lS.

(Line, 7- 12 from Nancy Caulfleld; remainder from Mrs. 0 Hag8n.

32. bU.o-C.o-1t.U·O(' ,<,\1 1 $LC(\l111.o-.

C.& t::: t \1{q\ "OC tn.l .6..C.6.f lllDC l'Cl1 6.1l11)'('\ 'n slC.6..11n,o., 'C116.11H::: .t\ 1J'\ C.6.1l11l1 I n

'Cr Le lOe $eOO.<l-IU r ' .<l-1) rpO'l'rC OL "1' .<l-Ice"r, .<l-' r 1"ll11 C .<l- II' t"l.<l- lil slc"r'C<\ belu U" Sl'o lue-e.<l-C "" l11)OIU r ' ll , <" 1' 111 <\l,c~ I S LOO r .<l-oi l,611' .<.\'1' C.<l-11 i'e lL ,,'11 P01'r.; <I.'l' i'c"\)·"r 'MC 1<1.1) " -OC<\ I1F"u <I. ['01 11 111 1)0

C.<l-I LII1 1)011 11 <1.11 'CrLeIOe.

It 111.6. 'tClunHll1111 rior 50 hl oC1:.6.lI .o..n .6.n:::: lll 11 , (;.6. 11 V 8 1C111l1111n bC{\11 1'0

P"' 1'1)C " " m L.. tel1)n1tl11111 10(:'Ct' .6.(: 1111" .6..1'1 .6..H:::eal111 f r:p0 1CFe(\1' 111 0 tt1tU l 6rA! 1>

-, 1)e.<l-l'F.<l-IU 1111 1'0 111 .<l-11Cr Oe.<l-S 1)tll'C <\ OC'1'1'('<\r "" 1' COIl' III "'1'1)C ttl" " 1)e"l'r.<l-1) r e 'oc'Cl'<l.C <\15 .(\ 11 ~ 1'CC <\ I1I' ,,'1' r<I'0lcF'u(' 111 0 CUIU l,'r";'''

" 111 " tE'lI1)111tll1111 rior So h'oC'C.<l-l' .<l-11 SLe"I111 "', oe.(\l'F.<l-U 1'0 1"'S.<l-C r &r'C <I.

" 111 <1. te l1)1111111111 rior So 11ioc'C<l.1' <1.11 S le<l.l111 .<l- , C.<l- OiOll11 1110 '\'''", .<l-' r"r z:<I. "

" .0-11 SCLtll 11 Z:11 Int r e, Ctl1i'.<l-l, t.(\ C.<l-I L11t, '1' 1)OIL' S t l1 r.<l- 1'''1'<1. 1\1 $eoli.<l-Iu ll11re C.<l-I Llll 1)e.<l-r I1<1.C 1110e lu co,i, 1)01L1S T'''r.<l-,il.''

(From Mrs . Toal of Dromlagh)

33 . c.o-01neN6 . .0- C.<l-l'<I.' 1) 111 0 cee lo, 5011)6 Ue<l.l1r.<l-r 111e relll r.<l- 1110 01'"111111U 015 i'e 111 <I. Le611 111e .0- 0' .<l-S"111 pel11 , S.<l-l1 'C1" tLlll 5<1.11 'C1'e';l1 ' 5 " 1' r"S CL.<l-l111.<l- 11elU 1'''0' ce61;S , 1), CUt.<l-IU 1110 p.<l-lr1)e 1111'1'Ct So l, ,,hllnll .0-'1" "5 1)tlL So C" '1'Ll1111 1)'.<l- p 6 r .<l-U 1), r i So rd,'C"'\,.<l-IL <1.5 1)11 L i:<l.1'Z: 06i:"1' 11 .<l- q'''S<I. 5 "1' i .<l-S 1)tlL <I. 1'''U Lelr " S.<l-O.<l-I",.' ' . '

t;tlS re r1 '<l.l1l1 S<l.l1 celtt, <l.S 1<l.I'l'<l.IU "LeIS'1' "'\1' C<l.IIlI C r e <l.' 11 1UO<l.I', '1'<l.1l b .&r 11 <l. lj oC<l. e<l.'O<l. JI 6 1"11 'r<l.l1 l<l. S I,else<l.l, C<l. 'Oc:e<l.C<l.IU 1'0 ' r <l.11 Il e<l.tt :=:;u JI }''&S r e 1110 ce<l.S<l-JI <l. ·ooC:.&ll

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ul 1" <l.lse ' 11 " UelU-r"1 S<l.11 r<l.s<l. I' C: S<l.1l cle1J,e<l.c .o-s C:O<l.l1<l.l;l <l. 11 1<l.j11'<l.C:<l.lr <l.'1 ' t.1 <l.IS 11 <l. 111 11 '& 111 0 11'e .0. lel110 11 <l. rp e'1'e , 'O<l. 111be<l.u '0' <l.C<l.1J' }, e111 beG C0 1J'O"C<l.U re Cl' So l.&11 'OOI:5e",;wl

(This i s a mother's lament for a newly-marri ed daughter, who was poisoned by her husband. I got it from Mrs. Duffy .)

Note-<l.S c:e<l.IMlh <l. 11 1 <l.l'l'<l.C:<l.1 1', liftin g the offerings.

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(This i s a composi te renderi ng, from versions b y Annie Larkin, Sally 0 H anlon, ' Mrs. Duffy, and one taken down from Nelly o Hanlon by Dr. 0 Kelly.)

Notes-o.<l.r CO 11 , an eel ; O.<l.1'C",U, a bog; r CJ-OIC, fairy host ; C"T>"C, moss . The h ero of the poem got drunk on his w ay to meet hl~ m ten cled, came to grief in the bog, was visited by the tairies, and found himself in pri son the next morning .

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