School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)

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1. Here Comes an Old Woman from Moot-Street (Game) (continued)

   

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   Then she got a baby, a baby, a baby
   Then she got a baby and this is the way she went. -
   Now they walk round and pretend to nurse a baby, rocking to and fro.
   Then the baby died, baby died, baby died
   Then the baby died and this is the way she went -
   Now they move round and pretend to be crying.
   Then she got a donkey, a donkey, a donkey.
   Then she got donkey and this is the way she went -
   Children now act as if they were riding a donkey.
   Then the donkey kicked her, kicked her, kicked her
   Then the donkey kicked her and this is the way she went -
   Now they hop round on one leg.
   Then she got a needle, a needle, a needle
   Then she got a needle + this is the way she went -
   Now they pretend to be sewing.
   Then the needle pricked her, pricked her, pricked her
   Then the needle pricked her + this is the way she went -
   Children now move around shaking their hands.
   Then she died herself, died herself, died herself
   Then she died herself and this is the way she went -
   Now players stretch out their hands and fall back as if dead.

   

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora May Linehan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bántír, Co. Chorcaí