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. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
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- Michael Mc Daid
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sladran, Co. Donegal