School: An Pasáiste Thoir (C.), Port Láirge

Location:
Passage East, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Clare, Bean Uí Eachthigheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0652, Page 349

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Only, Only, only, only, the fine fat fellow
    This is the rhyme of thread the needle and sew.
    'How many miles from this to LondonDerry'
    Three score and ten
    Will we be there in candle light
    Yes and back again
    Open the gates and let us go
    Not without your barn and bow.
    Here is out barn , here is our bow
    Thread, thread, the needle and sew
    When we are swinging, each girl get her turn while she is swinging we say
    'A tilly; a tally, a pipe of tobacco
    A penny to put in the nurses purse
    I found a little awl
    I stuck it in the wall
    And that was the end of St Peter and Paul
    With a high swing and a low swing
    And a swing to get off the swing swang'
    (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
    Children in Passage East
    Address
    Passage East, Co. Waterford