School: Dunboyne (roll number 15915)
- Location:
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- Teacher: N.F. Ó Donncha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0688, Page 077
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- (continued from previous page)much awake. Here is the button was a guessing game as to who actually had the button in his possession. My man Jack was played as follows. The leading player says The Priest of the parish lost his con sidering cap and some say this and some say that and some say my man Jack.
(Jack) Is it me sir? You be sir
Leading player. Who then sir?
Jack then says the name of the player who looks most likely to fall asleep.
If he fails to answer his name he gets a slap on the hand. Other games played in the same way the Crooked Crab Tree and the house that Jack built these being long rhymes(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs J. Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath
