unsubscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:43 PM Subject: [IRELAND] "The Master's Bicycle" -- Leitrim-born Mary GUCKIAN (contemp.) > THE MASTER'S BICYCLE > > A second hand bicycle > was all the master could afford, > when he came to teach > in our country school. > After years of cycling > the four miles in the rain, > it disjointed. > The saddle sat loosely, > padded with papers and rags. > During lunch hour the boys > loved to pull it apart, > leaving the saddle at an angle > that made a pyramid > of the well-worn seat. > It was all they could to do > to get back at him, as he > lashed their growing hands > with the sally rod. > > -- From "Perfume of the Soil," Mary Guckian, born Co. Leitrim > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > >