School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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- (continued from previous page)"What do you want the needles for? To sow a bag. What do you want the bag for? To carry turf. What do you want the turf for? To make a fire. What do you want the fire for? To boil the dinner. What will you get to your dinner? A hen. Where will you get the hen? Behind your back? Will you fight for it, I will.
Then the girl that was talking to the mother tries to catch the chickens behing the mother. She takes away whoever she catches. When they are all taken away the mother goes and hits them on the cheek one at a time. Whoever laughs when she is hitting them has to be the mother. - To Play the game called Winurry Touray Dickory Davey the children all sit on seats. Someone goes around with a stick and hits every foot. At the same time he says Winurry Touray Dickodry davery Haulabone Crackabone, Listcomelame Marrycometime and Humlay Bumlay Ninety-Nine. When the rhyme stops, "the boy with the foot that the stick is(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Michael Mc Daid
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sladran, Co. Donegal