School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche
- Location:
- Knockanean, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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Fox and Geese :- This game is played in the following way.Half a sheet of paper is got and squares are put on it.Two persons play.The letter "X" stands for a fox and the letter "O" stands for a goose.If "O" is in the middle of two "X 's" this rhyme is said,"My fox here,my fox there ,knock out your goose by the lug of the ear".Whoever has the most O's or X's wins the game. There is a piece of poetry for "Mitty Matty":-
Mitty Matty had a hen ,
She laid eggs for gentlemen,
Sometime ,sometimes two,
Into Mitty Matty's shoe.
She can gallop,she can trot,
She can play the mustard pot.
Hi ,ho,who's at home,
Father and mother and Jumping Joe.
The little dog with the black snout ,
Cocks his tail and walks out.
- Collector
- Bernadette Mc Inerney
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Inerney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Killawinna, Co. Clare
