School: Tulach Sheasta, Clochair na Trócaire
- Location:
- Newport, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr Bertrand
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 232
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- (continued from previous page)"Ghost in the Well" is played as follows. One girl who is supposed to be a ghost stands against the wall (the supposed well).
Then one girl is chosen from among the others, to be their mother. She looks at the children's hands, and then sends them to to the well to wash them. They come back to her with the reply, that they cannot go to the well, because there is a ghost in it. She next goes to the well herself to see what is in it. She sees the ghost, questions it, and then the following dialogue takes place.
(Mother) M. What are you there for?
(Girl) G. To gather my sticks
M. What do you want to gather your sticks for?
G. To light my fire
M. What do you want to light your fire for?
G. To boil my eggs
M. What do you want to boil your eggs for?
G. To make myself strong
M. What do you want to make yourself strong for?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mulcahy
- Gender
- Female
