School: Áth Dúna, Gleann an Phréacháin, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 12542)
- Location:
- Chimneyfield, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Duinnshléibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0382, Page 260
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- Hopping on one leg say:
corsidí bucoidí up the wall
corsidí bucoidí down again.At the well and returning when children go for a drink each says,
"I went to the well to wash my head
And the chickens came after me picking brown bread."
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- One child says the following, the others are ranged around, and pointing to each says
ene, dene, dini, dó, cata-a weno, wino, wo,
harps, pan, mustard, dam, deadly, dam
twenty-one, out goes she.
The person, on whom the last word falls, gives chase
