School: Loughmoe (B.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7694)
- Location:
- Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Riain
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- What is it that is often put on the table, often cut, but never eaten.
A pack of cardsAs I went over a stone-wall
I met a man, he let a call,
His head was flesh, his nose was horn,
and such a man was never born.
A cockAs I looked out my gay glass window I see the dead carrying the live
A trainIf a hen and a half laid an egg and a half in a day and a half how many would she lay in a week
7 eggsThere was a man went through this town.
Grissle was his name, his saddle bag was lined with gold and that's three times I have told his name.
WasBiddy inside the ditch, Biddy outside the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baronstown, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baronstown, Co. Tipperary
