School: Dealgain (roll number 11770)

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   This poem was a great pastime for the people long ago and they used to say it around the fire at night and this is it:
   A was an archer that shot a frog.
   B was a butcher that kept a big dog
   C was a captain all covered with lace.
   D was a drunkard that had a red face
   E was a squire with all pride in his brow
   F was a farmer that follows the plough
   G was a gambler that had very bad luck
   H was hunter that hunted the buck
   J was a joiner that built up a house
   K was a king that governed the mouse
   L was a lady that had a white hand
   M was a merchant that lived by his trade
   N was a noble man all gallant and gay.
   O was an own that could not see day
   P was a person that could not bow down
   Q was a quaker that lived by the road.
   R was a robber that hanged by the rope
   S was a sultan as great as the pope
   T was a tinker that mended the pot.
   V was a minister that had a good shot
   W was a watchman that watched by the night
   X was the exercise that cross the black sea

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Johnny Flaherty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baunmore, Co. Galway