School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)

Location:
Coolronan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 433

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 433

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    It was the custom that everyone would smell snuff and smoke clay pipes at the expense of the house at wakes.
    My father told me that he never heard tell of a caoine. So it must be a long time since it was practised in Rathkeenan because my father's people are here for the past three generations.
    They used to play games at wakes such as (1)"The Cobbler and the tinker
    (2) The house that Jack built.
    (3) The priest of the parish lost his considering cap.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Essie got this from her father Patrick Keogh. It is a wake game or rhyme.
    The Crooked crab tree.
    Heres the crooked crab tree
    Heres the crooked grass that grew
    around the crooked crab tree
    Here's the crooked horse that ate the grass that
    grew around the crooked crab tree.
    Heres the crooked man that rode the
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. games
            1. wake games (~170)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Essie Keogh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Keogh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male