School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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- XML “School Games - Four Corner Fool”
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- XML “School Games - How Many Miles to Barneybridge”
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- (continued from previous page)places and if the fool can get into one of the corners, whoever he puts out has no corner to go into, he becomes the fool, and so on like that.
- All the boys gather together in a ring and someone gives out a rhyme like 'Ickle Ockle' and the one that is left out has to look for all the others.
- Two children hold hands and all the rest say "How many miles to Barneybridge," they say "Three score and ten," the others say "Will I be back in candle light?" and the two say "Yes and back again," and the others run under their arms and they hold up their hands and make a bridge, and the first say the rhyme over again and when they have it said they run under the others arms and when they come to the(continues on next page)