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School: Balrath (1) (roll number 9770)

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Balrath, Co. Westmeath
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C. Ní Pharthaláin
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    and a man gives so many lines to say and so on until they have the whole rhyme finished
    "Here is the priest with his pen,ink and horn,
    "That married the man all ragged and torn"
    "To the maid that was left forlorn".
    "That milke the cow with the crumbled horns"
    "That galloped the little dog over the barn"
    "That worried the cat"
    "That killed the rat"
    "That cut the cord"
    "That tied the sack"
    "That held the malt"
    "That lay in the house"
    "That Jack built" and whoever did not know it, that fellow would get the slaps.
    Michael Clavan
    Carlanstown
    Castletown St.
    Co.Westmeath
    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)
          1. games
            1. wake games (~170)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Clavan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carlanstown, Co. Westmeath