School: Faithlegg (C.), Portláirge (roll number 11615)

Location:
Faithlegg, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Mary J. Brazil
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  1. Rhymes
    This rhyme is said when playing "tig"
    As I went up the garden,
    I found a silver farthing,
    I gave it to my mother,
    To buy a baby brother,
    The brother was a sailor who sailed
    away to sea,
    All the fish that he could catch
    was one, two three.
    The following rhyme is said when playing a game call "Ring of Roses"
    "Ring a ring a rosy
    A pocket full of posy
    Hush a bush a hush a bush a
    And we all go down."
    They who wash on Monday have all the week to d(ry)
    They who was on Tuesday are not so much a wry
    They who wash on Wednesday are not so much to blam(e)
    They who wash on Thursday (are not so) wash in sham(e)
    They who was on Friday wash in need
    They who wash on Saturday are very bad inde(ed)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Conroy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faithlegg, Co. Waterford