School: Bennettschurch, Baile Mhic Cairbre
- Location:
- Graignagower, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhíomasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0656, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)in the middle again and so on until the game is finished.
This is how Bingo is played. The children form a ring and sing a verse of Bingo.
'The Mullins dog lay on the floor
And Bingo was his name-o
B I N G O and Bingo was his name-o'
Wall Flowers, Sheep and Soldiers are played much the same as Bingo.
In Spring and Summer the people go fishing for salmon and trout. In Autumn and Winter the people hunt rabbits and hares and shoot all sorts of wild game.
The games I play in the house or around the fireside are playing cards, Snakes and Ladders, Ludo, Snap and Beggar My Neighbour. While playing cards the conversation is counting the number of tricks each one gets. There is no conversation while playing the rest of the games.
- Collector
- Máighréad Ní Riain
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford
