School: Bloomhill
- Location:
- Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Nic Annraoi
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 433
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- (continued from previous page)this rhyme:-
"Ring-a-Ring a Rosy
A bottle pull of posy
Asha, Asha
All fall down.
Then all sit down.
4. Jack stones:-
Are played wih five stones which are tossed up in the air and caught as they fall down.
Skittles:-
This game is played with nine pieces of sticks. Place five one on the ground and the others are used for throwing.
Dan-Dan thread the Needle:-
Two children pin their hands and one is aplle and the other is orange. The other children pass out under the hands and are asked which they prefer - apple or orange. They take side and then and there is a draw between those who choose apples, and who choose oranges.
The rhyme is :-
"Dan-Dan thread the needle
Dan Dan sow:
Get a bit a red rag
And tie it round your toe."
Blind man's Buff:-(continues on next page)
