School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)

Location:
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An Bráthair Naiti
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 131

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 131

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    middle. The other girls join hands and dance around the girl in the middle and they say this rhyme.
    Ring a ring of rosy.
    A pocket full of posey
    “Husha” “Hush” we will all fall down.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. About six boys are collected or more to play leap-frog. All the boys bend down with their hands to the ground and the last boy jumps over all the other boys without falling, he runs too and when he gets to the front of the boys he bends down then the last boy now jumps over the boys and so on.

    A number of large bottles are placed on a ditch or wall. About three or four bottles are placed and if five boys are playing they give a half-penny each.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mark Mc Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bundoran, Co. Donegal