School: Lorg an Iarla (roll number 13590)
- Location:
- Lurganearly, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ní Choilldubh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 100
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- The first thing we do is stand in a circle. Some one goes into the middle of the circle and closes her eyes. The people out side sing "A farmer has a dog his name was Bobby Bingo B-I-N-G-O B-I-N-G-OThen the one in the inside say to each child in turn B-I-N-G-O and who ever she ends off at she has to guess who it is and if she is right she goes into the circle and if she is wrong she still stays in the middle and just plays the same thing over and over again.
- A ring of girls get together in a ring an say ring a ring a rosey pop down posy and the last one that is down has to go out.
- All the girls make a ring and go round and round and sing the following(continues on next page)
