School: Cortown (roll number 3113)
- Location:
- Cortown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0701, Page 067
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- (continued from previous page)to see the ruin.
- A lot of girls get into a ring and one person stands in the middle. The children say this rhyme as followsSally Sally Waters sprinkle on the pan. High Sally chose Sally chose young man. Choose to the East and chose to the West. Chose to the very one you love best.And whoever they select is taken into the ring Then the children say another rhyme.Now merry couple married with joy. Every years there's a girl and a boy Seven year to come and seven years to go. Now marrycouple kiss and go
