School: Lusk (B.) (roll number 718)

Location:
Lusk, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
L. Ó Duinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 188

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  1. With the feast of Christmas we have the "Mummering". It begins on St. Stephen's night and ends on Twelfth night. The boys have a great many rhymes:- The little devil, The wren, Tom fool, The doctor, Prince George and Room rhyme.
    Here comes I room rhyme brave gallant boys give us room to rhyme "Activity" in and "Activity" out the like was never acted in a gentle man's state, the sound of a horn the beat of a drum, we are the "mummers" that are to come, we are the mummers that walk the street, we are the mummers that beat all we meet. I and four more bet four score curse, swore, tattered and tore, the devil the like of a beaten they ever got in all their lives before.
    Little devil in, little devil out, chawing tobacco in my mouth too much for one too little for two what the devil shall I do. Money I want and money I crave if you don't give me money I'll put you all
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    J. Brogan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Tom Seaver
    Gender
    Male