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School: Milford (roll number 10586)

Location:
Millford, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
James Mc Veigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 120

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  1. Mummers' Rhymes (continued)

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    I'll slay you on the field.
    4)
    Here come I we doctor Green
    All they way from Skibereen
    What can you cure doctor?
    I can cure the plague within
    the pledge the polsy and the gout
    If there are nine devils in I can knock ten devils out.
    What is your medicine doctor?
    Hen's pens Turkey's treacle, midges beef and bumbee's becon
    Mix it up with the livers of a louse and the brains of a mouse
    And the heart blood of a creepy stool.
    What is your fee doctor?
    10 guineas
    No good.
    Wait a minute there is a wee bottle in my hip pocket that the ladies call hoky smoky
    Take to sniffs of that rise up dead man and fight again
    O'wonderful, wonderful what have I seen.
    Twenty nine devils knocked into eighteen
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Mc Dowell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Millford, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Billie Gardner
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    24
    Address
    Millford, Co. Donegal