School: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)
- Location:
- Bodyke, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0591, Page 308
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- (continued from previous page)There it is thee and a gob on it.
Pot hangers.There it is there and a thousand eyes on it.
A pot of soup.Beyond the sea there is a tree.
And in that tree there is a nest.
And in that nest there are three eggs,
Elizabeth, Betty and Bess took one each. How many were left.
Two (Eliz, Betty & Bess one name)Under water, over water, never touch the water.
A egg inside a duck.Johnnie Diddle Duddle and he dancing in the puddle,
With his pair of yellow feet feet and his green cap on.
A drake.As I was going to the fair of the mines (or of St Ives)
I met nine tinkers and their wives,
Each tinker had a cat, each cat had a kitten,
Kits, Cats, men and wives.
How many were going to the fair of the mines?
One.As black as ink as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstone.
Magpie(continues on next page)
