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School: Dunboyne (C.) (roll number 15917)

Location:
Dún Búinne, Co. na Mí
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Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe Uná Frinse
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  1. How Games are Played - Five Old Men Came to Work Today

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    Five Old Men came to work to-day
    Players stand opposite in two lines
    Rhyme
    One line: Five old men came to work to-day
    2nd "What's the work to do"
    1st Something very new
    2nd Well do it
    1st First line of players perform actions (e.g. digging, planting potatoes, carrying water)
    2nd line guess what actions are being imitated. The players in first line run on guess being accurate.
    The second line players run to catch them. Game continues like this, the players who are caught becoming the "guessers".
    Carmel Rafferty (aged 9 years)
    Told to her by her Father
    William Rafferty
    William Rafferty a native of Dunboyne Parish
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Carmel Rafferty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    9
    Address
    Dún Búinne, Co. na Mí
    Informant
    William Rafferty
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dún Búinne, Co. na Mí