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School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)

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Cúil Rónáin, Co. na Mí
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Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 329

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  1. School Games - The Lady of the Mountain (continued)

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  2. School Games - Four Corners

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    "Join your hands love,
    Join your hands love,
    Join your hands love farewell"
    Say your prayers love
    Say your prayers love
    Say your prayers love farewell
    Come home love
    Come home love
    Come home love farewell
    Then they come back to the ring.
    Four Corners
    This is an old game played in Ireland for years and we play it at school and long ago the children used to play it because my mother used to play it when she was going to school & we call it "Four Corner Fool".
    This is the way it is played.
    There have to be five people or it cannot be played; four of them have to stand one at each corner and then the
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