School: St Columb's Moville
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Hamilton Stewart
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- (continued from previous page)The farmer then picks a girl to be his wife. Then again moving around we sing.
"The wife wants a child
The wife wants a child
Hi! Ho! my-deary-oh.
The wife wants a child."
The game goes on and we all sing.
"The child wants a nurse." (etc)
"The nurse wants a dog." (etc)
"The dog wants a bone. (etc)
and everybody picks in their tuan. When the bone is chosen everyone leaves the middle of the ring, but he, and we sing.
"The bone is left alone
The bone is left alone
Hi! Ho! my-deary-oh
The bone is left alone."
The bone is then the farmer and the game goes on as before.
Another party game is
"The grand old Duke of York."(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Gibson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal