Book
1928 (hand written)
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This book of poetry was written by the McCorkell children as a Christmas present for their father in 1928.
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, Packenham, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell. The poems included in the book are entitled 'A Gipsy's Life', 'This Year's Nonsense' (a collection of limericks), 'Spring Has Come', 'Spirits of the Night', 'Have You Seen?', 'Biddy's Advice', 'June', 'Come to Ireland', 'What the Cow Said!', 'The Face at the Window', 'The Dying Knight', 'The Little Brown Bird', and 'An Autumn Evening'.
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, Packenham, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell. The poems included in the book are entitled 'A Gipsy's Life', 'This Year's Nonsense' (a collection of limericks), 'Spring Has Come', 'Spirits of the Night', 'Have You Seen?', 'Biddy's Advice', 'June', 'Come to Ireland', 'What the Cow Said!', 'The Face at the Window', 'The Dying Knight', 'The Little Brown Bird', and 'An Autumn Evening'.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 6 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Handwriting and water-colour painting |
| Brief description | Book, poetry, hand written, with a hand-drawn cover depicting a rabbit, written by Oona, Kathleen, Pakenham and Leslie McCorkell as a Christmas present for their father, Derry, 1928. |
| Physical description | Book of poetry bound with red ribbon. |
| 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 1928. 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, Packenham, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell. The poems included in the book are entitled 'A Gipsy's Life', 'This Year's Nonsense' (a collection of limericks), 'Spring Has Come', 'Spirits of the Night', 'Have You Seen?', 'Biddy's Advice', 'June', 'Come to Ireland', 'What the Cow Said!', 'The Face at the Window', 'The Dying Knight', 'The Little Brown Bird', and 'An Autumn Evening'. |
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| Accession number | B.336:1 to 6-2010 |
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| Record created | April 21, 2011 |
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