School: An t-Éadan Mór

Location:
Edenmore, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac Philib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0960, Page 223

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0960, Page 223

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  3. XML “Wake-Games - Bees”
  4. XML “Wake-Games - Putting Round the Plough”

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  1. In this game a man who does not know the game is chosen to be the hive. Another man is chosen to be the queen bee. All the rest are bees.
    The bees then go outside and bring in sticks and other articles. These they leave at the foot of the man who is the hive. When they have enough in the queen bee tells the bees to go and gather honey. The bees all go outside fill their mouths of water come in and spits the water on the hive.
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  2. Every person is given a part of the plough. One person gets the handles another gets the mould board and so on. The M.C. asks the people who are playing a number of questions e.g. to the person who has the handles "are the handles painted red. If the person answers "It is" "yes" or "No" the M.C. blackes him with soot.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. games
            1. wake games (~170)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mollie Treanor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrilla, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Treanor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Derrilla, Co. Monaghan