School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1076, Page 418
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- (continued from previous page)crow,
A wee bit of fat, to scare a rat,
Bluebutton, bluebutton, tot to tot,
The knife in my hand is burning hot.
- Sometimes we play a game called High Windows.
All the boys hold up their hands and some one will run round the ring and tig one of the players.Then the tigger will run after the first tigger. In Spring the boys play marbles, and Hop Scotch.
At night the people play Hide the Button, the all sit round the fire. Sometimes they play Blind Man's buff. One person puts a cloth on his eyes then he will try and catch some of the others. Then he will have to tell the person's name.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Frances Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- G. Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal
- These are the games we play at school:-
High Windows, Duck, Hop Scotch, Tig, Grannie, Sugar Bowl, Ice pie, Birds, Colours, The King and Queen, The Farmer wants a Wife, Three jolly
