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1. Mummers' Rhymes (continued)

   

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   half of hangman's mercy. Two ounces of jailors pity. The wit of a weasel the wool of a frog twentyfour ounces of last novembers fog. A bundle of tailors trimmings, 3 feet 4 inches in circumference, well boiled in the bottom of a wooden iron skillet over a slow stone fire, and reduced to one single dram, well stirred with a hen's tooth and a cat's feather. Give him a taste- spoonful of it at night on the top of a windy ditch and he won't be one bit better in the morning.

   These are some of the mummers rhymes. I will write the rest of them later on in the end of the book. S.G.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Date

   6 May 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Eamonn Ó Mirneagh