School: Cnoc Beithe, An Fhiacail

Location:
Knockbeha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Maolruanaidh
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    miss the one with the stick will
    slap her.We play Little Silly Saucer in Autumn we say:-
    Little Silly Saucer
    Siting on the water
    Turn to the east,Turn to the west
    Turn to a Little Girl you love best.
    We all join up when we are playing Ring a Ring a Rosy we say this:-
    Ring a Ring a Rosy
    A bottle full of posy
    Hush,Hush,we all fall down.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. We play many games in this vicinity namely Highgates,ring,
    Limping Tiom.Hide and go seek, corners,púca,Jack stones swimming and picking nuts.We play high gates and we all join up in one ring and one of the company counts and the person that 10 falls on ,that person goes out of the ring and calls one of the company.Then that person follows the one which called her and when she has caught her she calls another person.
    Then that person which she calls will follow her and when she has her caught
    that person goes and calls another one.etc.We also play ring we all join up into one ring
    and one of the company counts and the person
    (continues on next page)
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie O' Mara
    Gender
    Female