School: Kilwatermoy, Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 5385)

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1. Signs of Luck (continued)

   

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   fair if a man meets a person dressed in black it is a sign that he won;t sell his cattle. If people commence quarrelling Monday they will be quarrelling for the week.

   

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2. A Song - The Bike and the Hike

   “Dear Sir, I am pleased to appraise you, The bicycle duly was found...”

   

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   Dear sir, I am pleased to apprise you, The bicycles duly was found, My blessings forever outsize you, Your a gentleman down to the ground. Tho' hiking's a craze rather recent I tell you I just had my fill- And only, good sir, you were decent, I fear I'd be hiking it still - It seems after all from deduction, It's not to be thought that you'd steal. I'd therefore be glad of instruction, Regarding what happened a wheel. The lamp and the pump do not count, sir

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Prendergast

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Ballymoat Lower, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   John Riordan

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Ballymoat Lower, Co. Waterford