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. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.