School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Treasa, Bean Uí Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0260, Page 324
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- (continued from previous page)live the longest for whatever candle kept lighting the longest the person who owned that one was supposed to bury the rest.New Year's Eve
On New Year's Eve the people ring out the old year and ring in the New Year.
They also have lighted candles on the windows.Janie Mc Neill. Clonadra. Ballymoe. Co. Galway.
- Games I Play
I play many games such as "A Little Dog at Home" "Thread-Thread-the-Needle Sew-Sew-Sew", "Four cornered Fool", "Big ship sails", "Hide -and-go-seek", "Colours", "Frog in the well".
"A Little Dog at Home"
A number of girls catch in a ring. One girl goes round and picks out the one she likes best. Then one asks the other "Where are you going", "To Clover Hill". "What doing there?" "Teaching school" "How many scholars?" "Twenty two". "How many dunces?" "Two like you". Then one girl catches the other and so on until the game is finished.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Janie Mc Neill
- Address
- Cloonadarragh, Co. Galway
