School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)
- Location:
- Stormanstown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 063
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- (continued from previous page)Then the next one gets the stones. She puts one on the back of her hand, throws it up, and then lifts the other four. She puts two on her hand and three on the ground. She throws up and lifts the other three. She then puts three on her hand and two on the ground throws up the three and lifts the other two. Then she puts four on her hand and one on the ground. She throws up the four and lifts the one on the ground.
- A number of boys and girls form a circle. There will be one girl, Fair Rosa, inside the ring and a girl and a boy outside the ring. The boy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirín Taaffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Charlestown, Co. Louth
