School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)

Location:
Ballinvally, Co. na hIarmhí
Teacher:
T. Healy
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    over his eyes. Then the other boys stand around in a ring. Then the boy with the cloth on his eyes runs this way and that way trying to catch the other boys and sometimes you would have great fun because the boy would fall over something and we would laugh at him.
    This is one of the rhymes we say playing tig.
    As I went up the garden
    I found a rusty farthing
    I gave it to my mother
    To buy a baby brother
    The brother was a sailor
    He sailed across the sea
    One, two, three,
    And out goes she.
    One two three four five six seven
    All good children go to heaven
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mulligan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dealbhna, Co. na hIarmhí