School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Lighin
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- Around the house, and around the house, and stops at the back door. A brush.
The man who made it never wore it, and the man who wore it never saw it. A coffin.
There is a field, and in the field there is a well, and in the well there is a cup, and in the cup there is a sup, and every one must take it. Death.
As round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the king's army could not take it up. A well.
- Collector
- John Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockroe, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Pat Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockroe, Co. Cork
