School: Cloncarneel
- Location:
- Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 228
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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. - This is also a very nice game. Some child is called the "Mother". She sends her children to the garden for cabbage, and things for the dinner. Some child stays in the garden. He is called the "Ghost."When the children go to the garden the "Ghost" runs after them. They run home and say to the 'Mother" " A ghost in the garden." She tells them to go back again. They come back again saying the same thing. The "Mother" goes over to the garden. She says to the "Ghost" "What takes you here."
"I want sand." says the Ghost.
"What do you want the sand for" says the Mother.
"To sharpen knives" says the Ghost.
"What do you(continues on next page)
