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Luimneach Aindrías Mac Craith
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Irish Humorous Poetry edited by Críostóir O'Flynn New York: Hippocrene Books, 1999 |
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Limerick -
translation by Críostóir O'Flynn of one verse of the original text |
Filidhe na Máighe; nó, Ainhráin Sheain Uí Thuama 's Aindriais Mhic Craith eig., An tAthair Padraig Ó Duinnín Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son,1906 |
Is duine thú dhíolas steanncán
Buisinn gan bhrí 'gus branndán
Is cuireas do chuideachta ar uireasa cuimhne
'S a n-inchinn líonta de mheabhrán
You're a man who sells drinks by the splash
your brandy and ale are a mash
all who drink your bad booze
their memory lose
and their brains are confused in a hash.
[see a lengthier translation of the Mac Craith verses, titled "Small Beer"]
