School: Uragh (C.)
- Location:
- Uragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Mc Caffrey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0969, Page 103
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- The children in the district play a game called ''Fox and Chickens''
One girl pretends to be the mother of a flock of chickens. Another girl pretends to be a fox. The fox comes in and the following conversation takes place
Hen ''What do you want today?''
Fox ''I want a sack''
Hen ''What do you want with the sack''
Fox ''To fill it with sand''
Hen ''What do you want with the sand?''
Fox ''To sharpen my knife''
Hen ''What do you want with the knife?''
Fox ''To cut the heads ff your chickens''
Then the fox follows the chickens and tries to cut off their heads
The mother then tries to save them
The game goes on till all the chickens are caught
Another game is called ''Jenny or Joan'' It is played as follows
One girl plays the part of Jenny(continues on next page)
