School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)
- Location:
- Cill Bhríde, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Ní Mháirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 054
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- (continued from previous page)the ghost. The ghost goes into the garden and the mother gets all her children in a line behind her, she sends one of the children to the garden for a head of cabbage. The ghost chases her out. The mother and children go into the garden and she says to the ghost,
"What are you doing here" and the ghost answers "Picking pins and needles"
"What do you want with the needles"
"To sew sacks"
"What do you want with the sacks"
"To gather sand"
"What do you want with the sand"
"To sharpen my knife"
What do you want with a knife"
"To cut the head off you and your children."
The ghost then chases the children and the mother tries to save them.
- First I make two lines across the road then I put up a stick for a winning post.
I gather my companions together to start the game.
Three of us go off and thinks of a certain work then we come back(continues on next page) - Collector
- Frank Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
