School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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- (continued from previous page)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.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Leyland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Leyland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon