School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 274
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- The children are counted. Who ever is number 9 is the angel. Who ever is no 10 is the devil. Each child gets a different colour. Then the angels starts and call out a colour. The devil calls out anothee colour . So on till all the colours are exhausted. Then the devils chase the angels.
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“In comes Tod with his big long rod. ...”
In comes Tod with his big long rod. Chase them all from wall to wall. Innocent dear come on with his beer right to the King for some of his beer. Hickety, Hackety, Hi pull in! The children line up against the wall with the right foot crossed over the left. One child repeats that verse fitting each child in time on the two feet. Whoever in falls on the steps out and gets a dem. This is repeated until all are gone but on. One chases all the children. Whoever she catches starts the game again. - (continued from previous page)To light a Fire.
"What do you want the fire for"? " To boil the water"
"What do you want the water for"? To scald the Chicken"
"Where will you get the chicken"?
The old hag jumps up at this and chases them all away, and who ever she catches will be the old hag. This is repeated.