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 162
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- (continued from previous page)sewing. Then she lost her needle, needle, needle, then she lost her needle and this is the way she went and they go around looking for the needle and that is the end of the game. Then they go back to their places and begin it again.
- This game is played as follows:- A number of children stand round in a ring and they sing. "All around the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush the mulberry, All around the mulberry so early in the morning. Here is the way we wash our clothes, wash our clothes wash our clothes, here is the way we wash our clothes, so early on a Monday morning." And while they sing these words they pretend to be washing clothes.The second time they go round they repeat the same words but instead of saying here is the way we(continues on next page)
