School: Crossroads (roll number 4143)
- Location:
- Garshooey, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Philips
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- (continued from previous page)Give us room to rhyme,
We'll show you some activity,
About the Christmas time".
Another says:-
"Here comes I, Jack Straw,
Such a man you never saw,
Kissed my wife through a riddle,
Thro' a reel, thro; an old spinning wheel."
The man, with the money box enters and gives the box a shake to make a great sound of money in it, He says
"Here comes I, Devil doubt,
With my long copper snout,
Money I want, money I crave,
If you don't give me money,
I'll sweep you all to your grave."
The whole things ends with a song
About a night or two before Xmas, the mummers meet, and distribute the money collected between one another. They spend it on cigarettes or other Xmas fare.
- On Shrove Tuesday in this locality pancakes are made in almost every house. They may not be made in some of the houses until that day next(continues on next page)
