In an earlier posting I'd mentioned Robert Burns 1785 poem Death And Doctor Hornbook, with reference to Francis Boyle's Hornbook's Ghaist. I have to admit I wasn't familiar with the Burns poem so I looked it up. I thought the second stanza was interesting!
But this that I am gaun to tell,
Which lately on a night befell,
Is just as true's the Deil's in hell
Or Dublin city:
That e'er he nearer comes oursel'
'S a muckle pity.
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It's like that wee song:
ReplyDeleteSome say the Divil's deid
Some say he's hardly
Some say the Divil's deid
And buried in KIllarney!
Your blog's great - keep it coming!
I should also have said that this is believed to be the only reference Burns ever made to Ireland in his work
ReplyDeleteNice one, Mark!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's a case of life imitating art, but a Dublin man who killed a stranger with garden shears because he thought he was the devil has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. http://www.examiner.ie/breaking/ireland/mhsnqlojkfau/
The Scottish version of the song is:
Some say the devil's dead
And buried in Kirkcaldy
More say he rose again
And danced the Heiland Laddie