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School: Cros Riabhach

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Crossreagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Siordáin
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  1. A Fireside Rhyme and Game

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    When we are sitting round the fire on a cold night, we get a lighted stick for a robin. One person holds the red stick in his hand and says the following old (?) rhyme:-
    "A robin alive and alive you shall be;
    If you die in my hand it will be worse for me
    Through a rock through a reel
    Though an old spinning-wheel
    And away goes robin alive from me,
    Then he gives it to the next person and he too says the rhyme. Whoever the robin dies with (that is whoever the stick goes out with) gets a slap.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phil Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    10
    Address
    Crossbane, Co. Cavan