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School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)

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Cloyne, Co. Cork
Teacher:
E. Geeleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0394, Page 180

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    The other games I like is "The ghost in the garden". One girl sends two or three girls into the garden for their father's shirt. When they goes out into the garden they runs in and tells her that a ghost is in the garden. The mother goes out with them and asks the ghost, What was he doing. The ghost would say "picking sticks"
    What do you want the sticks for?
    To make a fire.
    What do you want the fire for?
    To boil the pot.
    What do you want the pot for?
    To boil the water.
    What do you want the water for?
    To boil you.
    Then the mother gets a fright and runs away and the ghost after her.
    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
    Lily Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockasturkeen, Co. Cork