1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Inis

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis (roll number 7315)

Location:
Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhomhnalláin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 155

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 155

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis
  2. XML Page 155
  3. XML “Games I Play - Poor Little Santa Girl”
  4. XML “Games I Play - The Robbers”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Games I Play - Poor Little Santa Girl

    Share Share Post
    To play this game you need any number of girls and one of them goes into the ring and goes down on her knees. The other girls sing "Poor little Santa girl, sitting on a stone, we been crying all day long. Stand up Santa girl wipe away your tears and chose the one you love the best." She then gets up and chooses another girl and the same thing is repeated again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angela Connellan
    Gender
    Female

  2. Games I Play - The Robbers

    Share Share Post
    "The Robbers" is quite an old game, which is very commonly played by the children. The children count twenty twice and whatever two children twenty falls one are the two leaders. They
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit