School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Moylough, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 108
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- (continued from previous page)ever is twenty is the catcher. They keep running from wall to wall until she tips another girl and she does the same thing. 2. Fine fat chickens.
One girl is the cock and another is the woman of the house. The woman goes to the wall and pretends she has a fire. The cock says 'what are you doing there'. She says 'making a fire to boil a pot of water.' 'What do you want the pot of water for', the cock says. To scald the knives and forks the woman says. What do you want the knives and forks for, the cock says. To catch one of your fine fat chickens. Then they run about in different places. 3. Old man.
One is the old man, the other the mother and another(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ena Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moylough, Co. Galway
