School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0534, Page 032
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- (continued from previous page)a large ring. On goes inside in the centre and closes her eyes. Those in the ring say, "Frog in the middle, jump up, jump up
The Frog jumps up and catches someone. She must guess her name and if she guesses right the others is the frog. If not, she has to be frog again.
Another of our favourite games is "here is the gipsy's rider". One person act as a gipsy. The others join hand and stand in a line. The rider approaches them say:- Here is the gipsy's rider, rider, rider,
Here is the gipsy's rider and the y.o.u"
The others say-
"What are you riding here for, here for, here for. What are you riding her for and the y.o.u
"Riding to get married, get married, get married,
Riding to get married, and the Y.O.U"!
Each one says:-
"Will you marry me, sir, me, sir, me, sir.(continues on next page)
- 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
