School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Dheadaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Who will we have to pull her away
Pull her away, Pull her away?
Who will we have to pull her away
On a cold + frosty morning? } repeated by one row.We will have Peggy Barry to pull her away
Pull her away, Pull her away
We will have Peggy Barry to pull her away
On a cold + frosty morning. } Repeated by the other row.
A line is then drawn half way between the two parties. The selected children, with their toes to the line pull each other as hard as they possibly can. The one that succeeds in pulling across the line is the winner and adds to her row a new member. The play continues and the side that has pulled the most children across is the winning side.
- To play "Four Corner Fool" five players are needed. A rush is made for four adjacent trees or corners and the who doesn't succeed in reaching one of the trees or corners must stand in the centre as "Fool."
The "Fool" says "All change" and each player must(continues on next page) - Collector
- Elizabeth O' Mahoney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shronebeha, Co. Cork
