Book
1927 (hand written)
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This book of poetry was written by the McCorkell children as a Christmas present for their father in 1927.
Oona (b.1910), Kathleen (b.1911), Leslie (b.1916) and Pakenham (b.1923) were the four children of Dudley and Helen McCorkell. They lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The children wrote poems which were put into books and presented to their father as Christmas and Easter presents. The daughters lived into their nineties, but Pakenham died in 1944.
The poems in this book are credited to Oona, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell. The poems included in the book are entitled 'Prince Arthur', 'Jim-Jack-Jimmy', 'Village Gossip', 'The Moon and the Nightingale', 'Cricket', 'The Fortune Teller', 'The Old Man of Derry', 'Snow', 'The Baby Bear', 'The Old man of Kent', 'The Dog's Complaint', 'Maria and the Tongs', 'The Call', 'When the Reaper Squeaks', 'Xmas', 'The Film Stars', and 'The Mill'.
Oona (b.1910), Kathleen (b.1911), Leslie (b.1916) and Pakenham (b.1923) were the four children of Dudley and Helen McCorkell. They lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The children wrote poems which were put into books and presented to their father as Christmas and Easter presents. The daughters lived into their nineties, but Pakenham died in 1944.
The poems in this book are credited to Oona, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell. The poems included in the book are entitled 'Prince Arthur', 'Jim-Jack-Jimmy', 'Village Gossip', 'The Moon and the Nightingale', 'Cricket', 'The Fortune Teller', 'The Old Man of Derry', 'Snow', 'The Baby Bear', 'The Old man of Kent', 'The Dog's Complaint', 'Maria and the Tongs', 'The Call', 'When the Reaper Squeaks', 'Xmas', 'The Film Stars', and 'The Mill'.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 15 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Handwriting, drawing and painting |
| Brief description | Book, poetry, hand written, with a hand-drawn cover depicting two kiwi birds, written by Oona, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell as a Christmas present for their father, Derry, 1927. |
| Physical description | 26 page homemade book of poetry. Two holes punched on the left hand side of each page where book was once bound. |
| Credit line | Given by Marion McLachlan |
| Summary | This book of poetry was written by the McCorkell children as a Christmas present for their father in 1927. Oona (b.1910), Kathleen (b.1911), Leslie (b.1916) and Pakenham (b.1923) were the four children of Dudley and Helen McCorkell. They lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The children wrote poems which were put into books and presented to their father as Christmas and Easter presents. The daughters lived into their nineties, but Pakenham died in 1944. The poems in this book are credited to Oona, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell. The poems included in the book are entitled 'Prince Arthur', 'Jim-Jack-Jimmy', 'Village Gossip', 'The Moon and the Nightingale', 'Cricket', 'The Fortune Teller', 'The Old Man of Derry', 'Snow', 'The Baby Bear', 'The Old man of Kent', 'The Dog's Complaint', 'Maria and the Tongs', 'The Call', 'When the Reaper Squeaks', 'Xmas', 'The Film Stars', and 'The Mill'. |
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| Accession number | B.335:1 to 15-2010 |
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| Record created | April 15, 2011 |
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