School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)
- Location:
- Coolronan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 331
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - When a group of children gets together going to play "Tig" one stands out and says
"Ickity, pickity I salikity.
Ump pel aery jig.
Any man who has no hair ought to wear a wig
Ickity pickity I salikity
Ump pel aery jig O.U.T. spells "Out" & out you must go" One syllable on every person including himself.
The person that "Out" falls upon is out and the person who is in is the Tigger. He chases the others till he catches one who then becomes Tigger. If a person has to stop running (to tie his shoe for instance) he crossed his fingers & says "Crosslocks" & he cannot be tigged
