School: Castlecoote (roll number 6344)
- Location:
- Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 268
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- A group of children sit round the table and play Churneen. Each child says Churneen and places her closed first one on top of the other, every second turn, until all closed fists are perpendicular.
A child then asks "Where is the milk that was in this Churneen?" All answer Its gone down into the other Churneen. Then the 'fist' on the very top is removed. And the owner of the next highest 'fist' asks where is the milk that was in this Churneen? and so on until the last fist rests on the table. The owner asks the rest of the group the following questions:
Where is the milk that was for the priest? They all answer, the cat drank it. Where is the Cat? Under the bed. Where is the bed? The fire burned it. Where is the fire? The water quenched it. Where is the water? The bull drank it. Where is the bull? The butcher killed him. Where is the butcher? Dead and buried. This finishes up the game.Snail, snail, put out your horns the cows are in the garden
Snail, snail put in your horns the cows are gone out of the garden
Children gather round a snail box and sing above two lines.
