School: Roxboro, Luimneach (roll number 15680)
- Location:
- Roxborough, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Gheallagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0525, Page 050
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- (continued from previous page)it. The children on the side have find out the name of the City, Town or County concealed in the rhyme.
Examples - There was a man who rang a bell and ran very fast? Answer Belfast.
One day a man was going across a field and he stood on a lemon and it said “rick”. Answer Limerick.
Once upon a time a little girl knocked at a mans door and when the man came out she said “ea”? Answer Knockea.
Once upon a time a man killed a rabbit and buried him under a rush? Answer Kilrush.
- Cat and Mouse.
Any number of girls can play Cat and Mouse.
They all stand in a ring and one girl goes around saying, “I wrote a letter to my friend and on my way I lost it, and some one of you have picked it up and put it in your pocket,” Then she stops at one girl and says, “It is you”, and then that girl follows her in and out under(continues on next page) - Collector
- May Leo
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyclogh, Co. Limerick
