School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 10_016
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- As round as an apple as flat as a pan a man on one side and a woman on the other
Penny
As I went up the guttery gap I met my Davy I cut off his head and drank his blood and left him lying easy.
A bottle of whisky.
Who does the king take off his hat to
The Barber.
As I went up the guttery gap I met a woman with a hundred petticoats
A head of cabbage.
Over the head and under the had
The hair.
Old mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she left fly and every time she went over the gap she left a bit of her tail in the trap(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Keville
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
