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   “This is a rhyme that a person must say without drawing his breath.”

   

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   This is a rhyme that a person must say without drawing his breath.
   There's six wild paycocks flying in the air.
   I wonder very much what brought 'em there
   I don't know nor I don't care.
   Six wild bears four running hares
   Three black weasels two white ewes
   A grey goose and off she goes.

   This is another that must be said without drawing the breath.
   On yonder field there is a hill, a tree on the hill, a bough in the tree a twig on the bough, anest on the twig an egg in the nest a bird in the egg and feathers on the bird. Feathers on the

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   History Edit

   Date

   16 April 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Eamonn Ó Mirneagh