School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)

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   “Here is another school game of my young days...”

   

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   Here is another school game of my young days similar to Abbina Babina, Babys Knee, wholesome polesom sacred rer[?], potato rows, single treo[?} and out goes she.
   This one
   Buidy, Boudy, Gouldy, Gauldy Strokuram[?}, Brokurum, Brandy Tip.
   The first and second players fingers of the left hands of the player are placed on the refereed knee and then the latter says pointing to each finger in turn the words above.
   When one's two fingers receive the words tip she or he s out.
   The words are continued like this till all are out & the last must be the one to hunt (if hunting is the play) or be the "fool" in Blind Man's Buff, or the frog in Frog in the middle or the one choses to give all the others a ride on his back.
   I hope this is not silly stuff.

   

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlín Bean Uí Shúilleabháin

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Múinteoir