1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cill Tártáin

School: Cill Tártáin

Location:
Kiltartan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0052

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0052

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cill Tártáin
  2. XML Page 0052
  3. XML “Games I Play”
  4. XML “Games I Play - Colours”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Games I Play (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    The person on whom "cuir" isceasc dó feice" would fall would pull in his leg. The game is continued again in the same way and so on till all the feelt are in but one. The one whose foot remains out last wins.
    "Colours"
    We play a game at school called Colours. One girls is the "devil" and she stands at the wall. All the girls stand in a row and a colour is given to each one. The girl who gives out the colours is called the "angel."
    Then the "devil" comes out and knocks at the "angel's" back.
    The "angel" says; "Who is there"?
    The "devil" answers, "The "devil" with a hundred tails."
    Then the "angel" says; "What do you want"?
    The "devil" (say) again answers; "Colours"
    Then the "angel" asks; "What colours do you want"?
    The "devil" calls some colours and the girl that has that colour runs and the "devil" follows her. If she is caught she is a "devil" and if she isn't she is an "angel." The game continues until there are many "devils" and angels. Then all the devils follow the angels".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Games I Play - Colours

    Share Share Post
    We play a game at school called Colours. One girl is the "devil" and she stands at the wall. All the girls stand in a row and a colour is give to each one. The girl who gives out the colours is called the "angel".
    Then the "devil" comes and knocks at the "angel's" back.
    The "angel" says; "Who is there"?
    The "devil" answers; "The "devil" with a hundred tails".
    Then the "angel" days; "What do you want"?
    The "devil" (say) again answers; "Colours"
    The the "angel" asks; "What colours do you want"?
    The devil calls some colours and the girl that has that colour runs and the "devil" follows her. If she is caught she is a "devil" and if she isn't she is an "angel". The game continues until there are many "devils" and angels. Then all the devils follow the "angels".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Keely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltartan, Co. Galway