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School: An Cillín (roll number 16603)

Location:
Killin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Eachlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 261

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    old woman picking them up: one of the children in the marching ring goes into the ring and pretends she is picking up the apples. When they say: old Rogers got up, The person in the centre gets up an runs after the person picking them up.
    Girls have their pastimes such as: skipping. Two girls wind the rope and then three or four girls skip over the rope, while the two winding recite a rhyme which makes them, stoop, turn around or pick up something from the ground.
    June and July are the months in which we gather, strawberries, we gather blackberries, raspberries and mulberries in August and September.
    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
    Annie Teresa Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumlaghtafin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Anne Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    77
    Address
    Drumlaghtafin, Co. Donegal