School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)
- Location:
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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- (continued from previous page)somethings they play against other parishes. They go skipping also with ropes. They say a rhyme when they are doing this and it is as follows-: tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich-man, poor-man, blind-man, beggar man, chief, doctor, lawyer, Indian, chief.
Another game the girls used play, was making necklaces with daises. They used pull the stems out of the daises, and then there used be a small little hole left. They used put white string into the holes. They used keep putting daisies on(continues on next page)
