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School: Ballynagearn (roll number 8824)

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Ballaghnagearn, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Finnegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0929, Page 144

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  1. The Games I Play

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    Here is a list of the games that I play at school skipping, colours, I have a little dog, There came an old lady from youther land, A gipsy came a riding, catching, jumping frogs, Ford Duke Ford John, "Colours"
    All the children exept three stand in a row with hands joined. Then one of the children who is standing out puts a name on each child. One of the other two is an angel and other is the devil. Then the following conversation takes place.
    Angel - Ding a ling a ling
    girl - Who comes here?
    Angel - The angel with the golden hair
    Girl - What do you want?
    Angel - A box of colours.
    Girl - What kind
    Then whatever colour he says the person with that colour goes to the angel.
    Then the following conversation takes place.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Maureen Martin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballaghnagearn, Co. Monaghan