School: Carraig an Dubhais (Craigadooish) (roll number 10360)

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1. Games - Old Rodger (continued)

   

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   "There came an old woman to pick them all off, pick them all off, pick them all off, there came an old woman to pick them all off, heigh-ho, pick them all off"
   "Old Rodger got up and he gave her a blow, gave her a blow, gave her a blow, Old Rodger got up and he gave her a blow, heigh-ho, gave her a blow"
   "He made the old woman go hippity hop, hippity hop, hippity hop, he made the old woman go hippity hop, heigh-ho, hippity hop"
   The actions are done according to the singing

   

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2. Games - The Old Woman from Sandy Land

   

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   "The Old Woman from Sandy Land" One grown up person gets a number of small children and all catch hands. There is one person standing alone. All sing - "There came an old woman from Sandy Land With all her children by the Land. One can knit and one can sew And one can make a lily white bow One can sit by the fire and spin Please take one in".

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Laura Rountree

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Teacher