School: Cloncarneel
- Location:
- Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 231
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- A lot of girls get into a ring. One girl is put into the ring. All the others keep going around saying,"See this pretty little girl of mine
She often cries for a bottle of wine
A bottle of wine and a biscuit too
O see what my little girl can do
Down in the carpet she must kneel
The grass grows high and the grass grows low
Stand up, Stand up, upon your feet
And choose the girl that you like best."Then the girl stands up and chooses some girl. The two kiss each other. Then the one that was in first goes out, and the other one stays in the ring. Then she chooses that she likes best and so on.
