School: Lahinch (roll number 11591)
- Location:
- Lehinch, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Dónall Ó Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0621, Page 358
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“In the long winter's night when children and sometimes elderly people are sitting around the fire, perhaps one of them suggests to play 'sharing the ring'.”
In the long winter's night when children and sometimes elderly people are sitting around the fire, perhaps one of them suggests to play "sharing the ring". This popular game is well liked by all people especially by young folk.
The woman of the house goves her ring to one of the company. Then the "sharer" goes around, and he is allowed to give the ring to anybody he likes. After sharing the ring the sharer goes around and asks each player to guess who has the ring. The player who guesses wrong has to do some difficult forfeit, such as tumbling the wild cat. Then the player who has got the ring has to go around and do as the first sharer did.
- Informant
- James Queally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Crag, Co. Clare