School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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- (continued from previous page)and then she goes into the middle too.
Then they all sing,
He High hairy O
The child wants a nurse.
And then the one who is the child picks out one for the nurse. Then they sing "He high hairy O, the nurse wants a dog. Then the nurse picks out a girl for the dog. After that they all go round singing the dog wants a bone, and then she picks out one for the bone. Then they sing, He high hairy O The bone wants meat, The bone wants meat
And we all want the meat.
Then the girl who is last out runs away, then they all run after her and whichever girl catches her first goes into the middle of the ring.
- One girl stands with her hand on a wall and the other girls go under her arm, and when all the girls are turned backwards, they go round in a ring and sing.(continues on next page)
