School: Cluain Taidhg (Clontead), Achadh Cóiste (roll number 14023)
- Location:
- Clontead More, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 042
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- (continued from previous page)their hands joined. One girl would stand in the centre and shut her eyes while the others say the lines,
Sally, sally water,
Sprinkle in the pan,
Die sally, die sally you young man;
Choose for the east, choose for the west,
Choose for the pretty girl you love best.
The girl in the centre would still have her eyes shut and she would choose one of the girls and that girl would come in the ring with her. One of them in the ring would represent a boy and the other would represent a girl and both of them would say,
"And now we are married and wished with joy,
First little girl second little boy,
Seven years after a son and a daughter,
I beg you fair lady hop out of the water".
The first person that was inside in the circle would have to go and join the ring with the others and the second(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Murphy
- Gender
- Female
