School: Rathcoyle, Kiltegan
- Location:
- Rathcoyle Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 144
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- The games which I play in school are:- After; Bull in the Park; Dan, Dan thread the needle; and hand ball.
On Sunday evenings I play camogie with my friends, little Aly Sander and colours.
In the Autumn I spend the Sunday evening's picking blackberries and fraughans.
When we play "Bull in the park" all the children gather together and join up in a ring. One child then goes into the middle of the ring and tries to break through it and get out. When the child succeeds in breaking through the ring, we all run after her and whoever is the first to touch her will be the next one to be in the ring.
When we play "Dan, Dan thread the needle, two girls select two colours, one of them takes one colour and the other girl takes the other. Then they call us one by one and ask us which colour we prefer. When we tell them which colour we prefer we join up with the girl(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Jane Shiel
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrignamweel, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- John Shiel
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrignamweel, Co. Wicklow
