School: Mercy Convent
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: The Sisters
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 131
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- (continued from previous page)come back and stand in front of the row of children and say "Three Jolly Welshmen looking for a job." The children say "What can you do, sir?" The Welshmen say "Anything you like Sir." The children say, "Show us how to do it." Then the three Welshmen move their hands or arms in such a way as to represent an action such as sowing seed, watering flowers or sweeping the street. The children then guess what the action represents and whatever child guesses correctly runs after the three Welshmen. If she catches any one of them she replaces her and the one she catches goes into the line with the other children.
- Collector
- Evelyn Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
