School: Ceapach an tSeagail
- Location:
- Ceapaigh an tSeagail, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Antoine Ó Monacháin
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- (continued from previous page)catches some-body. Then the person that is caught would be blindfolded and he would have to search round the room and try to catch some-body. In this manner Blind-man's buff is played.
Onery, Durey is played sitting down by the fire. One of the players sings a song called Onery, Durey. The game is played on the knees of all the players. They sing the song while they are doing actions. This is the song:-"Onery Durey dickery dairy
Hell abo crack abo tin abo larey
Mixaco dan Merican tie
Humbly, Bumbly, twenty-nine
Baby dish clout"What ever person the last word falls on, he will not be let play.
There is another game called tug-o-war. It is played by two children. They catch their hands and think of something, such as this: One of the girls would ask the other which would she prefer an apple or an orange, and if she said an orange, the other girl would choose the apple. Then they would call a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Deirdre Mullarkey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gort na hUamhan, Co. na Gaillimhe
