School: Yellow Furze

Location:
Yellow Furze, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Leamhain
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  1. At Rosnaree there lived an old man whose name was Johnson. When selling anything he would compose a rhyme about it. One time he was selling eels and he made a verse which ran like this;-
    "Johnie Johnson has Eels for sale
    As good as ever wagged a tail,
    If you eat them raw they will stick in your craw,
    But if you fry them on a pan
    They are fit for any man."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Bruton
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    P. Mullen
    Gender
    Male