School: Corra Cluana (roll number 14054)
- Location:
- Corracloona, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 326
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The games I play are hide and seek, Tig, Fox and geese, Cad, High Windows, Bull in the Ring, Skipping, Fool in the middle, Lord Ducke-Lord John, Nut cracking, eating apples with your hands behind your back, taking money out of a basin of water with your mouth, Dalley, Sally. Sally sprinkle water on the pan. Jenny Jones. King of the CastleHide and Seek: A crowd of children hiding and anther crowd running trying to catch them.
Fox and Geese: Some children stand behind a big girl and a fox stands in front. The "fox" is supposed to have a fire and a pot of boiling water with knives and forks in it. the "old goose" the big girl asks the "fox" what is boiling the water for: He answers: "To wash knives and forks" The "goose" asks "what are the knives and forks for? He says: "To kill young geese". Goose: "where will you get them? Fox: "From you." Goose: "when will you pay me?" Fox: "The fair day". The goose thanks that that is too long to wait. The fox then pursues the young geese until they are all caught.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Margaret Dolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullintloy, Co. Leitrim
