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School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)

Location:
Ráth na Loch, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Aodhgáin
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    they go away crying. After a while they come back again to the wake, and again they they cry over her. Now she is laid out in the bed and they sing some sorrowful song. Then a box is got and Jenny Joe is put into it. Twp put the box on their shoulders and the rest follow them three times round the house, then the box is put outside the door, and the game is over.
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    One girl would be the hen and another the cock and the hen would say.
    Hen - "What brought you here"?
    Cock- "I came for my chickens"
    Hen - "Where are the chickens I gave you the last time"?
    Cock - "They flew up to the sky"
    Hen - "Get a ladder and go up for them"
    Cock - "What if I fell down and broke my bones"? I'll fight for them."
    The cock would then fight for the chickens and everyone the cock would catch was his. He
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katty Coffey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cúil Chabha, Co. Chiarraí