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   13. They pared my head,
   And shaved my face,
   And took me from my dwelling place.
   They were tired horses,
   And weary men.
   When they had me at my journey's end.
   Answer Turf.
   14. I have a wee mare with an iron throat,
   And as she gallops she swallows the rope.
   Answer. A spinning wheel.
   15. I have a wee mare they call her "Beleak".
   She rides the waters nine miles deep.
   Answer. A bubble.
   16. A "bannock" of bread,
   And a sheetful of "crumblings."
   Answer. The moon and the stars.
   17. As round as an apple
   As plump as a ball,
   As high as the market place, steeple and all
   Answer. The moon.
   18. Lily Cockade she sat in her cage,
   A little below yon well;

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eliza Elliott

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rathdonnell, Co. Dhún na nGall

   Informant

   Mrs W. Elliott

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   54

   Address

   Rathdonnell, Co. Dhún na nGall