School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 256
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- (continued from previous page)of the duck with their stones. When the duck is knocked off the boy puts his on again and run after the others. Whoever he tigs must put his stone on the rock. Then the game is started again.
- The children play tig too, and in order to find out who will have the tig, one of them sometimes uses these words. Winurry, touray, dickory, Davey, Houlabone, Crackabone, listcomelast Marry Come time and Humlay Bumlay Ninety nine. When the girls is saying these words she points to the children one at a time and the one pointing to at the last word has the tig.
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- Informant
- Kathleen Mc Grory
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meenagory, Co. Donegal
