Volume: CBÉ 0265

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1. Buck the Duck

   

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   Names are given to five boys as follows. Bellhorn, Buck, the duck the Dough, Philip the Frost and the leader speaking the names asks others "what is that mans name" pointing to one of the named ones. The punishment for not knowing was continuous slapping in the hand with a wooden spoon until the name was guessed.

   

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2. Tuck the Tailor

   

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   A person sits like a tailor with hands crossed from ear to ear. Another boy says "I am a tailor neat and trim I can stitch as well as him. Every

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   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • M. Roche