School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 11_013
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- These are games which we play at home in the village of Fargureens, Parish of Balla, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo.
At first two girls sit on a chair one holding the other. Then one girl comes up to the pair that are sitting on the chair and says; "I am one Lord that came from Spain to court your eldest daughter Jane. One of the girls that is sitting on the chair says, My eldest daughter Jane is too young to be controlled by flattering tongues." Then the person that is standing up says,
Be she young or be she old upon my word she is fit to be sold."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Adams
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
