School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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- (continued from previous page)turns into the ring. This is sung until all the children have turned.
To play "Sally water" one girl sits in the centre of a ring and the others dance around her singing
"Sally sally water, sitting on the sea
Rise up Sally and dry your tears
Fly from the west and see which
would you rather have the best."
She chooses one girl and both go into the ring. This is continued until all the children are in the centre. - 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.
- Collector
- Oonagh Nugent
- Gender
- Female