School: St Columb's Moville

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hamilton Stewart
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 322

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    It is great fun at the end of the game to hear what they all say, and it causes much laughter.
    "Find the ring" is a very simple game to play. You get a long piece of string and put a ring on it. A plain wedding ring is best.
    Then you tie the two ends of the string together and everybody gathers around and forms a circle. They all take the string in their hands. Somebody goes into the centre of the ring. All sing:
    "Paddy from Cork has never been
    Never the railway train has seen
    Never has seen the great machine
    That runs along the railway."
    The ring passes from hand to hand and the person in the centre tries to find it.
    (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