School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis (roll number 7315)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhomhnalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 148
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- (continued from previous page)and if she doesn't catch it she is out. Every child gets her turn and whoever does not let the ball fall when her turn comes becomes the winner.
- In this game any number of children can play and one girl is to be the leader. The girl who is the leader stands at the top of the line and all the other girls stand behind her in a straight line and hold each other.
Then one of the girls comes and says to the leader "My father sent me for the cock and the hen" but the leader answers "The cock and the hen you won't get" but the girl answers "The cock and the hen(continues on next page) - Collector
- Maura O' Loughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ennis, Co. Clare
