School: Cluain Uí Chuinn (roll number 5844)
- Location:
- Cloonyquin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0250, Page 305
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- 62. Traditional School Games
Girls' games played in living memory were
"Round the gray gravel".
"My Lord Luke and my Lord John"
"Highgates."
"Chayneys" "Jack Stones"
"Hop Scotch"
"Corners."
All these have gone out of use nowadays.
(1)In the first all the girls stood in a ring holding hands. They recited a ring holding hands. They recited a poem -
"Round the gray gravel the grass grows green",
Many a lady is fit to be seen,
Washed in milk, dressed in silk,
Last coats down"
The one who ducked last was to give a forfeit.
(2) In "My Lord Luke," two leaders stood a little apart, the other girls going in a procession through them, reciting,
"My Lord Luke and My Lord John
"Let them all pass by but the very last one
The last one was held and stood behind one of the leaders. The next time, the one "caught" stood behind the other girl(continues on next page)
