School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)
- Location:
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Búrca
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- In older times the people played games when they were gathered around the fire on a winter's night. One of the games they played was as follows.
The person who started the game got the people present to form a ring around the fire. Then he gave each of them a certain name that would be hard to remember. The next man to himself he called his man "Jack". Then he started the game by saying:-
The priest of the parish lost his considering cap; some say this; and say that; but I say t'was my man Jack found it. Then Jack would reply. "Is it me Sir"?(continues on next page)- Collector
- Paddy Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo