School: Mullach na Cille (roll number 14649)
- Location:
- Muileann na Cille, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Chéadagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 060
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- The games I play are as follows Tig, Spy in the Well, Fox, Hell and Heaven, Pee-Poe-Paddy-Pin, Stone, Ring-a-ring-a-rosy, Frog in the middle, and High Gates.
Tig is played by tipping a person and saying "tig" and that person should follow you.
Spy in the Well is played by sending a person to the well, leaving out one to be a mother. The mother would send the children to the well for water. The spy would jump at them and frighten them. Then they would run home crying for their mother and the mother would come and ask the spy what had she there and she would say "I have a bag". The mother would ask for what had she the bag. She would say to put sand into it. The mother would ask her(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Lawless
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Baile Uí Chineá, Co. Chill Chainnigh
