Book
1929 (hand written)
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This book of poetry was written by the McCorkell children as a Christmas present for their father in 1929.
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 'Mermaids', 'Tales of the Round Table', 'Memories of a Happy Holiday', 'Waiting at the Mayor's Parlour', 'An Unsucessful Luncheon', 'A Summer Evening', 'The Sea', 'What is it?' 'Limericks', 'Christmas', 'Thoughts', 'The Fall of Summer', 'The Owl's Cry', and 'Four Products'.
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 'Mermaids', 'Tales of the Round Table', 'Memories of a Happy Holiday', 'Waiting at the Mayor's Parlour', 'An Unsucessful Luncheon', 'A Summer Evening', 'The Sea', 'What is it?' 'Limericks', 'Christmas', 'Thoughts', 'The Fall of Summer', 'The Owl's Cry', and 'Four Products'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Handwriting, drawing and painting |
| Brief description | Book, poetry, hand written, with a hand-drawn cover depicting two ducks in flight, written by the McCorkell children as a Christmas present for their father, Derry, 1929. |
| Physical description | Handmade 22-page book of poetry, pages are bound together with thread, cover is attached with glue, string and orange ribbon. Front cover is decorated with a hand drawn picture of two geese flying across a lake. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| 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 1929. 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 'Mermaids', 'Tales of the Round Table', 'Memories of a Happy Holiday', 'Waiting at the Mayor's Parlour', 'An Unsucessful Luncheon', 'A Summer Evening', 'The Sea', 'What is it?' 'Limericks', 'Christmas', 'Thoughts', 'The Fall of Summer', 'The Owl's Cry', and 'Four Products'. |
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| Accession number | B.338-2010 |
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| Record created | April 15, 2011 |
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