School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 494
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- 13. The children make a round ring, and catching each others hands, raise them up high, and leave a space for the mouse to run through.
Two girls are picked out, one for the cat and the other the mouse. The cat folllows the mouse in and out through the passes between the girls, and wherever the mouse goes, the cat must follows. When the cat catches him - then the mouse takes after the cat. This goes on, until everybody gets a chance.
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- Collector
- Mamie Mc Grane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Meath
