School: Lios Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Chuinn
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- (continued from previous page)And sow it all over with one grain of corn
And then you will be a true lover of mine
VIII
You must reap it with a strap of leather
Every rose grows merry in time,
And bind it into a pea-cock's feather
And then you will be a true lover of mine
IX
You must yoke three sparrows and carry it home
Every rose grows merry in time,
And thresh it into a mouse's hole
And then you will be a true lover of mine.
X
You must thresh it in a mouse's hole
Every rose grows merry in time,
And pick it out with a cobbler's awl
And then you will be a true lover of mine.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rita Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Treanlaur, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisduff, Co. Mayo