School: St Columb's Moville

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hamilton Stewart
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 318

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    Every boy and girl pairs off and stand facing each other in two lines. The boys at one side and the girls on the other. Every girl faces her own partner.
    The pair at the end of the line join hands together and walk up between the two sides until they come to the top, then they come down again while they all sing.
    "The grand old duke of York
    He had so many men
    He marched them up to the top of the hill
    And he marched them down again
    When they were up, they were up
    When they were down, they were down
    But when they were only half way up
    They were neither up nor down."
    When the pair came to the end of the line the girl turnes to her line, and the boy to his.
    (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