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School: Castlegal (C.) (roll number 15966)

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Castlegal, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire Ní Oireachtaigh
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    Games I Play
    12th May 1938
    These are the games I play.
    "The farmer in the dell."
    "Go in and out the windows"
    "All around the mulbery bush"
    "Rise Sally Walker"
    "Johnny is dead in his grave"
    "Fire on the mountain"
    "How many miles to Galway"
    "As nice as pussy peepy"
    "All are round the green gravel"
    "Box of colours"
    "All the birds in the air"
    "Blind man's buff"
    "One lord and lady came from "Spain" and
    "Duck upon rock"
    The farmer in the dell is played with a round ring and a person in the middle and all sing a song and the last of it is the person who is brought in. All tap her on the head.
    The next game is "Go in and out the windows. All join in a circle and join hands and a person must
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    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
    May Mc Gee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawly, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mary Mc Gee
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75