School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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- There must be a few at the least to play it. One will sit down and shut one eye and the other will get a candle lighting and hold it in front of his eye and give him three slaps of a strap. And if he is able to know who is slapping he gets charge of slapping.
- Collector
- Luke Hayden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crowsgrove, Co. Carlow
- There must be three playing, one the Sheep and the other the Wolf and the other to call the Sheep.
The Sheep will go off to the field and the Wolf will hide. The master will call the Sheep, Sheep come home and the Sheep will say. "I can't" and the master will say "Why."? "I am afraid." The man will say "of what"? "of the wolf." The man will will say.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Luke Hayden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crowsgrove, Co. Carlow