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When the old Beragh school closed earlier this year - poems were found by archivists from PRONI anf beryl boyd the former headteacher in between the pages of old registers. The poems were written by the children in 1939/40.

Silly Hitler

Hitler is a silly goat,
One day he overturned a boat
He got the soaking of his life
And then he wished he had a wife,
When he got to his door,
He wished he had married before,
And now poor Hitler he is married
And from that day to the day he died,
He’s been the laughing stock of the town
And now poor Hitler he is dead
His poor wife mourners for him just yet
But I’m sure she doesn’t miss him one bit,
Im sure she wishes him down and down
And yet he wishes her safe and sound.

-- Betty Marriott (1940)

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