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School: Rampark, Jenkinstown (roll number 2532)

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Rampark, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Aodh Ó Fionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0660, Page 124

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    The children in Ireland at the present time have a good many games, and little rhymes attached to many of them. Some games are 1. Tig 2. Marbles 3. Football 4. Rounders and many others. The game that has most rhymes is tig. One rhyme is 1. Ittle attle porter bottle out jumps cork 2. Dickety Dickety (dog) dock the mouse ran up the clock the clock struck one and the mouse ran down dickety dickety dock. 3. Each peach pair plumb out jumps number one. 4. Colum Bolum limber
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Joseph Mc Donald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Riverstown, Co. Louth