School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 17_023

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    The Games I Play.
    The games we play are Hide and go Seek, Colours, Blind Man's Buff, Four Corners, Wall Flowers, Rain, Rain, Rain, the wind blows high
    Snow falling from the sky.
    Bridget Healy says she die
    For the fellow with the roguish eye
    She is handsome She is pretty
    She is the pride of Ballyforan city
    She is the pride of one too three
    Pray and tell me who he ll be
    Dan Connor said he'd have her
    All the boys are fighting for her
    Let the boys say what they will
    Dan Connor will have her still.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Torpan More, Co. Roscommon