School: Naomh Peadar, Droichead Átha (roll number 11072)

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1. Games I Play

   

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   To play "the wind & the wind" a number of children join hands and sing:-

   "The wind, & the wind and the wind blew high
   And the snow came scattering from the sky.
   Here is Dorothy Emerson (or any name) & she said she would die
   If she didn't get the fellow with the rosy eye.
   He is handsome, he is the boy from Drogheda city
   It is counting one, two three
   Will you please come & tell me who is he?"

   Suppose Dorothy said "Water Scorise" then the girls & boys would sing:-

   "He knocks at the door & picks up a pin
   And he says Mrs Emerson is your daughter in?
   She is neither in nor she is neither out
   She is up in the parlour walking about."

   Here she comes all dressed in white with a flower in her hair and a can of milk in her hand.
   "Ah" says Dorothy "I would rather have a kiss"
   "Ah" says Walter "I would rather have a drink"

   Then they start the game again with everyone gets a chance.

   

   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

   Betty Mc Gowan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Trinity Gardens, Co. Louth