School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)

Location:
Stormanstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 053

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 053

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  3. XML “Local Games - Stuck”
  4. XML “Local Games - Lazy Mary”

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  2. To play this game one person kneels down in the middle, and a ring of children keep going round the person in the saying "Lazy Mary! will you get up?"
    The one in the middle says, "No, mother! I wont get up, I wont get up to-day", "What will you give me if I get up?". Then the others say, "We'll give you a lump of fat and a roasted cat, if you get up, if you get up today".
    Then the one in the middle says, "No mother! I won't get up today". Then she says again, "What will you give me if I get up?" "We'll give you a slice of bread and a cup of
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