School: St Columb's Moville

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hamilton Stewart
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 317

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    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)
    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
    Kathleen Gibson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal