School: Druim Beag (roll number 9035)
- Location:
- Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sinéad Bean de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)to keep the fox away, and when the fox has got all the chicken the game is ended.
- When we are playing cans of water we pick out four people to play the game and call them by their own name such as Arthur, Thomas, John and Sidney.
Two catch their hands and two others catch their hands over the other's hands and sway back and forwards and sing.
Weigh the cans of water
For the lady's daughter
The sun goes high
And the moon goes low
And dear little John
Come under my bow
Then John goes under the hands of the other three. Then they repeat the same thing or[?] again till the whole four are in the ring together then they jump round and sing. "Jags Jags a bundle of rags till they are tired. - Collector
- George Hepburn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lettergull, Co. Donegal
