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1. Games - Darkie Blue Bells

   

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   Any number of players can play this game. All the players but one stand in a circle, facing inwards hands caught, stretched out and held high. The one player A stands outside the circle at first. She goes in and out of the ring then under the Arched hands repeating a rhyme while doing so:-
   "In and out go the darkie Blue-bells
   In and out go the darkie Blue-bells
   In and out go the darkie Blue-bells."
   This is said three times. The person that she stops at after repeating the line three times is tapped on the shoulder by A The person tapped then goes behind A, taps A on the shoulder in turn and says
   "Tap rap-a-rapper on thy shoulder"
   Tap-rap-a-rapper on thy shoulder

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní Nualláin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Crannagh, Co. Laois