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School: Lios Dubh (C.)

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Lisduff, Co. Mayo
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Áine, Bean Uí Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 347

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    What do you blow it for?
    To boil a pot of water.
    What do you want the pot of water for?
    To wash my knives and forks.
    What do you want the knives and forks for?
    To cut the heads off your chickens.
    What did they do on you?
    They damaged all my oats and pototoes.
    Will you fight for them?
    I will.
    They now begin to fight and the mother holds out her hands to prevent the neighbour from catching the chickens. If she succeeds in catching two they now are the new mother and neighbour.
    Thread thread the needle.
    Is usually played in Summer. This like all the other games must be played by a crowd. The children line up on a fence. Two gets out and select names privately for each other. Let us say one of them is the Parish Priest.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Treanlaur, Co. Mayo