In The Finding Of Moses Michael Moran (aka Zozimus) relocates a biblical tale from the Egypt to Dublin's heartland: "Ah then," says Pharoah, "I'll search every nook/ From the Phoenix Park down to Donnybrook/And when I catch hoult of the bastard's father/I will kick him from the Nile down to the Dodder."
The Row In The Town tackles the 1916 rising with a twist: "A brave English captain was raving that day/ he said give me an hour and I'll blow them away/but a big mauzer bullet got stuck in his craw/and he died of lead poisoning in Érin go bráth."
Seven Sober Nights (Brendan Phelan) is a satirical corollary to Seven
Drunken Nights, replete with an attempted exorcism.
Biddy Mulligan (Harry O'Donovan): "At Patrick St corner, for 64 years/ I've stood, and no one can deny/That while I stood there, nobody could dare/To say black was the white of my eye."
The Ragman's Wake (Tommy Winters) "For eating there was plenty now/There was ham parings and pig's cheeks/We had spare spare ribs and knuckle bones/Pigs' cheeks from Townsend Street."
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