School: Páirc na Coille

Location:
Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 359

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    games are played indoors such as follows:- Blind man's Buff, Ghost in the well and Fair Rosie. The following words are used by those who are joined in the game namely Fair Rosie:- Fair Rosie was a lovely girl and lived in the round tower, a wicked wizard came one day, he waved his wand over her head, Fair Rosie sleep a hundred years, a noble prince came riding by, He took Fair Rosie by the hand, She opened her eyes and looked at him, Fair Rosie and the prince got married and lived in her round tower. All those games are played locally by the children.
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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