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Carha, Co. Mayo
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P. Ó Tonra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 490

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  1. The Famine (continued)

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  2. Games

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    I Prisoner
    You would half on each side. Each side tried to catch the opposite side, and every one that was caught was a prisoner, and he had to stand in the middle with his hand out waiting to be released and the opposite side tried to release him. That went on until one side had all the opposite side taken That side then had the game won.
    II The last pop down.
    Round the green gravel,
    The gravel grows green,
    Many a lady was fit to be seen,
    Washed in milk, dried in silk,
    The last pop down.
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