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1. The Fête of the Trysting Tree (continued)

   

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   Now the moths of brown & speckled wing,
   Summon the guests to the dancing ring,
   A bull frog, big in swolen chops,
   Into the ring now quickly hops.
   And opens the dance on the velvet green,
   with a scraggy bat in a crinoline,
   His clammy arms about her middle
   Footing the turf to the time of a fiddle;
   And how he rolls his goggle eyes!
   And how his leathern partner sighs.

   Next a rat from a fallen house,
   His congee makes to a lady - mouse
   Bristling in beard, with a material air,
   Then clasps for the waltz his blushing fair;

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Greene

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballydowd, Co. Dublin

   Informant

   John Greene

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballydowd, Co. Dublin