School: Kilbeggan (B.)
- Location:
- Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 426
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- (continued from previous page)A fifth rhyme is: -
" I know a ... [slur] Boy and his double jointed.
I gave him a kiss and he got disappointed.
I gave him another, to match the other.
Ha, ha, (and here the name of a girl is mentioned)
I'll tell your mother.
Kissing a ... [slur] Boy down by the river"
How many did you give him? (one, two, three, etc, until the skipper stops.)
There is still more fun when we try to find out the profession of the man we will marry by saying the following rhymes:-
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Blindman, Thief."
To find out what we will be married in:- "Silk, Satin, Cotton, Muslin, Rags."
There are many others such as, what will we wear? What kind of house will we live in? What vehicle will we go in? What will we wear on our feet. What will we wear on our feet. What kind of a cake will we have. What year and day we will be married on. At whatever name we chance to stop, that is the person we will be married to or the material we will be dressed in an son on.
This is another game, that the more playing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Dullaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
