School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)
- Location:
- Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Donnchadh Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 058
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- (continued from previous page)she catches her. Then she will go with the handkerchief and drop it on someone else, and so on until everyone gets their chance.
Sometimes we play colours. All is needed are two girls, one to give out the colours, and the other to guess them and to run after the others when they are running. Every child gets a different colour, and when they are given out, the other girl comes and begins to guess them. this is how it begins:-
Knock, Knock,
Who comes there?
The devil with his
long flowing hair.
What do you want?
Colours.
She keeps guessing many colours until she guesses the right one. The girl who is running gets one yard of a chance to run to heaven if she is able. If she is not caught she go to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Heney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toureen, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs J. Heney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Toureen, Co. Tipperary
