Buying Winkles-Meehan

Question 1

My mother would

Answer 1

My mother would spare me sixpence and say/Hurry up and dont be talking to strange men on the way

Question 2

I’d wave up

Answer 2

I’d wave up to women at sills or those lingering in doorwards

Question 3

I envied

Answer 3

I envied each soul in the hot interior

Question 4

The sweetest

Answer 4

The sweetest extra winkle/that brought the sea to me

Question 5

The winkles/

Answer 5

The winkles/would be wet and glisten blue like little night skies themselves