School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

Location:
Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Coluin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0434, Page 115

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    From Jubilee Land
    With forty children by her hand.
    Each one can knit;
    Each one can sew;
    Each one can make a lily white bow;
    Each one can make a bed for the Queen.
    So please take one of my daughters."
    Then the other woman takes one of the children. Then "the Old Woman from Jubilee Land" goes way with the rest of the children but soon returns again and says the same thing, when the other woman takes another one of the children.
    The game goes on like
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríd Ní Mathghamhna
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killorglin, Co. Kerry