School: An t-Éadan Mór
- Location:
- Edenmore, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac Philib
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0960, Page 236
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- (continued from previous page)2. "Mollie in the kitchen sewing some stitches
In comes the bogie man and chases Mollie out."
The person skipping says the rhyme and when they come to the end of the first line some person comes in and the person skipping goes out.3. "Blue bells, cockle shells, wind the rope around my head.
My father is a butcher, and my mother cuts the beef
And I rock the baby and the baby goes to sleep. 4. Two little dickie birds sat upon a wall.
One named Peter and the other named Paul.
Fly away Peter, fly away Paul.
Come back Peter and come back Paul.
Two persons are in skipping. When they say "Fly away Peter, fly away Paul" the two go out and when they say "Come back Peter and come back Paul" they come back in.5. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, All tied up in monkey's tails.(continues on next page)
