School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gallen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 245
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- (continued from previous page)Where is the milk in that churn. pointing to the top fist. The other girls says. Gone down into the other churn. and she knocks it off and so on until all the fists are knocked off but one.
Then the following questions are asked and answered.
Where is the cat? Under the bed. Where is the bed? The water burnt it. Where is the fire? The water quenched it? Where is the water? The bull drank it. Where is the bull? Butcher killed him. Where is the butcher? Behind the door. crack the nuts and throw them at him and at these words the two girls hit each others knuckles together.
- Hot hands A number of children put their. hands on top of one another and then the person with his hand on the bottom takes it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Doolin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glyn, Co. Offaly
