School: Dunboyne (C.) (roll number 15917)
- Location:
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- Teachers: Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe Uná Frinse
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- Five Old Men came to work to-dayPlayers stand opposite in two lines
Rhyme
One line: Five old men came to work to-day
2nd "What's the work to do"
1st Something very new
2nd Well do it
1st First line of players perform actions (e.g. digging, planting potatoes, carrying water)
2nd line guess what actions are being imitated. The players in first line run on guess being accurate.
The second line players run to catch them. Game continues like this, the players who are caught becoming the "guessers".Carmel Rafferty (aged 9 years)
Told to her by her Father
William Rafferty
William Rafferty a native of Dunboyne Parish- Collector
- Carmel Rafferty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 9
- Address
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- Informant
- William Rafferty
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath