School: Cloonacool (roll number 4802)
- Location:
- Cloonacool, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Blioscáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0171, Page 059
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- In former times (people) children played many indoor games, such as Witch. This is the way it used to be played was, one person would be a witch another a servant and another the mother of the children. The mother would go away and leave the servant to care the children. While she was away the supposed witch would come and tell the servant that the mother wanted so many children and the servant would let the children go with her. The mother would then come home and she would beat the servant for letting the children with the witch. When all the children would be gone the mother and the servant would go to the witche's hut and bring the children back again.
- Collector
- Eamon Johnston
- Gender
- Male
