School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

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   No sir, No sir, it's a (yerv) very wet day.
   Hide the gully, Hide the gully, Close, Close, Close.
   My wee apple has no stump. These are all rhymes of some games.
   The rhymes are,
   "One, two buckle my shoe,
   Three, four lay an oar
   Five, six crack sticks
   Seven, eight a penny weight,
   Nine, ten a big fat hen.
   Eleven, twelve dig and delve,
   Thirteen, fourteen shoot a crow
   Fifteen, sixteen let him go,
   Seventeen, eighteen the crow is dead
   Nineteen, twenty shoot off his head.
   Another rhyme is.
   Onery, twoery, dickery, dairy,
   Humery, crumery, nuttery (nay) navy,
   Dis come round, Mary come down
   A rumelty dumelty twenty nine.
   Another rhyme is
   A we bit of doe to scare a

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John C. Mullen

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Portnablahy, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   M. Mullen

   Gender

   Unknown

   Age

   65

   Address

   Breaghy, Co. Donegal