School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 01_057
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- There are many games played in our school. There is one called Wallflowers. The rhyme is
Wallflowers, Wallflowers,
Growing up so high,
We have the measles
And we shall never die
Except - - (name of some girl)
She's the only flower
She can sing, and she can dance
And she can play the fower
Fee fo power
Turn your back to our.
And so on until everyone are turned.
Another game is "A lady in the mountain". All join up in a ring and one person stands in the middle. Then all the girls(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
