School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Dheadaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0361, Page 744
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- XML “Here Comes an Old Woman from Moot-Street (Game)”
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- Pig's snout, walk out.
O.U.T. spells out and you must go for me.
Whatever girl the word "Me" drops on must stand aside
Then the same words are repeated until only one girl remains.
This girl must then hunt all the others.
- Collector
- Nora May Linehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- A number of girls form a circle and go round slowly saying -
Here comes an old woman from Moot Street, Moot Street, Moot Street
Here comes an old woman from Moot Street and this is the way she went -
Then all int he row limp around imitating an old woman.
Next they repeat -
Then she becam a teacher, a teacher, a teacher
Then she became a teacher and this is the way she went -
Now they trip around clapping hands.
Then she got married, married, married
Then she got married and this is the way she went -
Now they move around imitating the walk of a proud lady.(continues on next page)
