School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 271
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- (continued from previous page)turns into the ring. This is sung until all the children have turned.
To play "Sally water" one girl sits in the centre of a ring and the others dance around her singing
"Sally sally water, sitting on the sea
Rise up Sally and dry your tears
Fly from the west and see which
would you rather have the best."
She chooses one girl and both go into the ring. This is continued until all the children are in the centre.
- When playing "fat chicken" all the children get into a line behind the biggest child. Another person is the fox who lives in a corner by himself. The fox goes to buy a fat chicken and the mother offers to take all the flock of chickens to the den until he chooses one. He tries to catch all of them to kill them, and the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Oonagh Nugent
- Gender
- Female
