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School: Moyne (B.) (roll number 13989)

Location:
Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Francis Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 380

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    All little girls at school play the same games namely:-
    (a) Draw, draw a bucket of water
    (b) The hawk and the chickens
    (c) High Gates.
    (d) Mrs Healy come a Keily
    (e)Cottage Door.
    (f) Tig.
    (g) Milk in Jars.
    (h) Ducks down.
    (I) Skittles
    (j) Handy Andy.
    (k) Frog Jump.
    (l) Down of my Ditch.
    (m) Baby-Houses.
    (n) See-Saw.
    (o) Swing.
    Words of Play:-
    (a) "Draw, draw a bucket of water,
    For a young lady's daughter,
    One and a rush,
    Two and a thrush,
    Little mulberry get under my bush."
    Description:- Four children catch hands crossways and recite as above so it is finished two
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Gray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birrinagh, Co. Longford