School: Glentidaly (roll number 9983)
- Location:
- Glentidaly, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. M. Heron
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- (continued from previous page)I'll call in jack Straw and he'll soon clear the way."
Then comes jack Straw and this is his rhyme.
"Here comes I Jack Straw such a man you never saw through a riddle through a reel through an old spinning wheel, through a bag of pepper through an old mill hopper."
"If you don't believe what I say I'll call in John Funny and he'll soon clear the way."
"Here comes I John Funny I'm The man collects the money; all silver no brass bad coppers won't pass."
Then they sing and go away.- Collector
- Scott Stevenson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballygay, Co. Donegal