School: Páirc na Coille

Location:
Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 358

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  1. The games I play are as follows: hide and go seek, four corners, high windows, a little Sally Saucer. When playing little Sally Saucer all the girls say the following word: little Sally Saucer sitting in the water, rise up Sally, dry the tears from your eyes, twin to the North, twin South, twin to the West, twin to the one you like best. The girl who is called Sally has to do all those actions. Most of all those games are played during the Summer months. The Autumn is the season of nuts and blackberries. When Winter comes the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Leyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Leyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon