School: Stratford Lodge
- Location:
- Stratford Lodge, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Ailís Nic Reachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0916, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)4 Two belly-banders,
Four Stick standers,
Two Moons, Two Crooks
A licker and a slasher
(A Cow)5 Out of my pocket I took it
Into it I stuck it
First through hair
And then through skin
What was that thing
(A man taking a knife out of his pocket to skin a rabbit)6 At a wall or anywhere at all
"So it in" said he. "Yes" said she.
(A Woman fitting on a shoe)7 What goes under the water and over the water and cries "Jink Jink" and never takes a drink
(A Bit in a horses mouth)(continues on next page)
