School: An Charraig
- Location:
- Carrick, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Tiománaí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0987, Page 147
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- The following is a list of games children play and amuse themselves during their spare time. They play games called "tag", "pook go", "hide and go seek". They play a game called "Round the green garden". This is the rhyme used.
Round the green garden the grass grows green
Many a lady is fit to be seen
Washed in milk
Dressed in silk the last [?] down
This is an another game played.
"The old man in the Well" They say this rhyme
What do you want here. The girl asks.
He answers.
A needle and tread
The girl asks whats the needle for.
To sew a sack
Whats the sack for
To gather sand
Whats the sand for
To sharpen a knife to cut your throat
- Collector
- Maggie Goldrick
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Freeduff, Co. Cavan
