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School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)

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Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 209

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    other boys. This is one of the rhymes we say when we are playing tig.
    P-i-g pig
    You have the tig
    S-o-w sow
    You have it now
    Eekle ackle black bottle
    Eakle ackle out
    If you want a piece of jam
    Just step out.
    One two, three, four, five, six seven,
    All good children go to heaven
    A penny on the railway two pence
    on the sea,
    Hack man, jack, man out goes she
    Jack and Jill
    Went up a hill
    To fetch a pail of water
    Jack fell down and broke his
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Glennon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath