School: Clonbullogue
- Location:
- Clonbulloge, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. Fitzgerald
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There Came An Old Woman:- You play this with nine children standing in a circle. One stands on right and says:-
"There came an old woman from sandy land,
hee, hi, ho;
Please take one of my daughters in,
She can knit, and she can sew, she can
be the lily-lies-low
She can be the fairy queen, and she can be nothing at a;;."(continues on next page)
- Who Will Buy The Milk-Can? The children stand in two rows and one row to meet the other saying:
Who will but the milkcan, the milkman, the milkman
Who will buy the milkcan, sugar-cane and candy.
Then the other row runs saying "We will buy etc.
1st row Where will you get the money, get the money, etc
2nd row Sell father's feather bed, feather bed, etc
1st row Where will father lie, father lie, etc.
2nd row Lie in mother's bed, mother's bed, etc
1st row Where will mother lie, mother lie, etc
2nd row Lie in brother's bed, brother's bed, etc
1st row Where will brother lie, etc
2nd row Lie in sister's bed etc
1st Where will sister lie etc
2nd Lie in baby's bed etc
1st Where will baby lie(continues on next page)
