School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)

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1. Games I Play (continued)

   

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   M. "For what?"
   G. "To cut the heads off your children".
   Then the children all cluster around their mother and the ghost follows them. He catches the children and heads them and puts them to boil in a big boiler. He eats them all when they are cooked and then skips off to the bottom of the well again.
   When we play 'wallflowers' we join hands in a ring and say: -
   "Wallflowers, Wallflowers, growing up so high
   All the pretty children do not like to die"
   Except .... she is the youngest girl
   She can hop, and she can skip,
   and she can turn the candlestick".
   The person mentioned has to turn her back to the others and the game goes on until all have turned round.
   'Poor Widow' 'Poor Widow is another of our games. Those playing join hands

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Starr

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisquillibeen, Co. Tipperary

   Collector

   Sara Hogan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Hogan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mr Starr

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisquillibeen, Co. Tipperary