School: Milford (roll number 10586)

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1. Mummers' Rhymes

   

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   (1)

   Room, room for the gallant boys,
   Give us room to rhyme.
   We will show you some activity,
   About the Christmas time.
   If you dont believe what I say
   I will call in Gillespie,
   And he will clear the way.

   
   (2)

   Here comes I Gillespie,
   Gillespie is my name
   With my sword and bayonet
   I mean to win this game.

   
   (3)

   The Game Sir, The Game Sir,
   It is not in your power,
   I will cut you up in inches,
   In less than a half hour.

   
   (4)

   Here come I Wee Doctor Crippen
   There's more of my patients
   Dead than liven
   I can cure with the plague within without
   The gravel or the gout
   If there are nine devils in
   I can knock eleven out.
   What is your medicine doctor ?
   Juice of the poker
   And the sap of the tongs

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
   2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sarah Tease

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Millford, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Hugh O' Donnell

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   18

   Address

   Skreen Lower, Co. Donegal