School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis (roll number 7315)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhomhnalláin
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- Sally Go Round the MoonThe above game is aring game and it is very enjoyable. This is how it is played.A group of children gather together. There can be as many children as liked in the game so long as a circle is made. They catch hands and a circle is made and they go around quickly repeating a rhyme "Sally go round the Moon. Sally go round the stars. Sally go round the chimney [bord] in a Sunday afternoon". Then they go around in the opposite direction and sing the same rhyme until tired.
- Charley Over the WaterA group of children gather together and form a circle. One of the children is put in the middle of the ring and she becomes the leader who is Charley. The(continues on next page)
