School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- When the girls would be let out to play in nineteen-hundred and five they had a lot of games just the same as they have now. Four girls would stand two on one side and the other two faceing them. They would then join hands. This is the rhyme they used to say
Draw, draw a bucket of water,
For the lady's daughter.
One in a bush,
Two in a rush,
A nice little girl popped under a bush.
Then three of the girls would(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Keane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Keane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo