School: Druminardly
- Location:
- Drumman Beg, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Criostóir Ó Cuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 220
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A crowd of children make a circle and two in the middle and one outside. Then the one outside will say, "Who is there?" They (inside) will say "Robbers". "What are ye doing?", - they will say "Stealing apples." Then the one outside runs after them through the ring and the last one caught will be outside the ring
Teresa Kearns. Druminardly, Ruskey, Dromod. - Donkey
About seven children stand in a ring and some of them throw a handball and the first one that does not catch the ball is D. The next one that misses the ball is O and that continues untill they come to Y. Whoever is Y is the Donkey and then the(continues on next page)
