School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- (continued from previous page)until the last one would have passed. Then that one would be caught and the other two would say.
"Thread, Thread the needle
" " " "
Whom do you thread for, a priest or a minister."
If she threaded for the minister she went behind the back of one of the two girls, and if for the priest behind the back of the other. Then all the rest would go through the needle and the last one would be caught, and she would have to declare either for the priest or the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nora O Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyballinaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs O Boyle
- Gender
- Female