School: Corlea
- Location:
- Corlea, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Mearáin
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- (continued from previous page)In Amsterdam its common
In Munster it is still
Tis always in a mountain
And never in a hill
Always in timber
Never in people
But still it is in me?
The letter M
I have a lot of fancy teeth,
set neatly in a row,
Those teeth are always moving,
let me work both fast and slow,
And sometimes round in circle,
In many shapes I'm seen
I work by hand and water
And better still by steam
I never had the toothache
Nor doctor ere could draw
Nor dentist ever could extract a tooth from out my jaw?
A saw(continues on next page)- Collector
- Essie White
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisagoan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- John Carolan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 30
- Address
- Lisagoan, Co. Cavan