School: Eileastrom (2)
- Location:
- Ellistrin Big, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 226
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- (continued from previous page)one after the other. Then the two biggest people go away out of sight and each picks something nice, such as an apple and an orange. One of them is the apple and the other is the orange. When the leaders come back they say a ryhme."Jook, jook, John.
Let them all pass on,
But the very, very kindmost man"Then all the children pass on under the leaders' hands, all but the last one, and he stands where the leaders are. They ask him which he prefers, an apple or an orange. If he says an orange he gets behind the leader who is the orange. If he says an apple he goes behind the leader who is the apple. They continue in this way until the children are all behind the leaders. Then the two leaders catch hands and pull tug of war. Which ever side falls first, is out of the game and the other side wins.
- All the children get into a straight line one after the other and the biggest one in chosen to be hen. The hen stands in front of them and the first chicken(continues on next page)
