1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cnoc Beithe, An Fhiacail

School: Cnoc Beithe, An Fhiacail

Location:
Knockbeha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Maolruanaidh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592, Page 164

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592, Page 164

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cnoc Beithe, An Fhiacail
  2. XML Page 164
  3. XML “The Local Games”
  4. XML “The Wild Animals”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Local Games (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    164
    ring and we chant the rhymn
    Ring a Ring a Rosey,
    A bottle full of posy,
    Hush, Hush, Hush,
    We all tumble down.
    We play Corners indoor in the Winter. Four people get corners and one person goes in the middle as a fool and trys to get a corner from one of them.We pay Little Silly Saucer in the Autumn when the ground is dry and we sing.
    Little Silly Saucer
    Sitting on the water
    Turn to the east,turn to the west,
    Turn to the little girl you love best.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. The Wild Animals

    Share Share Post
    We play various games in this vicinity at certain times of the year .These are the principal ones,hurling and football .The school games are,corners ,púca,hide and go seek ,frog in the middle,ring a ring a rosy.A my mother's big needle limping Tom.skipping and skating .When snow is on the ground we fling balls of snow at a snow man .The way we play corners is four children to go in four corners ,and one boy to stand in the middle.A fool is the name
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dennis J. Moroney
    Gender
    Male