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School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

Location:
Ballynakill, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Éinrí Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0044

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    At night blind-man's-buff is played; one girl covers her eyes with a cloth and tries to catch the others.
    To play "Shepherd, shepherd come and count your sheep" a number of girls stand in a ring and one girl pretends she is the Shepherd and before she goes away she counts her sheep. Every time she comes back to count her sheep one of them is missing. The game continues until all of them are gone and then she follows them until they are caught.
    Eileen Dervan
    Brogue,
    Kylebrack.
    Loughrea.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Dervan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Burroge, Co. Galway