School: Dangan (roll number 7352)
- Location:
- An Daingean (King), Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Thomas O' Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 350
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- (continued from previous page)and he places the other boys in a row. He lays his two fingers down on his knees saying Horns, Horns, cow horns!
He then raises his fingers by a jerk over his head. The boys in the ring then do the same for the meaning of the game is this. The Painter always raises his fingers ever time he names an animal, but if he names and animal that has no horns, and that the others jerk up their fingers they must get a stroke over the face with the soot.
- Collector
- Dolly Stritch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballagh, Co. Ros Comáin
