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   she tries to get the tat away as far as possible. If it is five lengths of the stick from the "Granny" she gets five if ten she gets ten. Sometimes she gets fifteen or twenty or even thirty.
   The game is usually for one hundred but we sometimes play for two hundred and fifty.

   "Skipping"
   Two children get a rope and wind it. Then one child rind [?]in[?] and skips, The children who are winding the rope sing "Mary in the kitchen Doing some stitching. When in comes the bogey man. And out goes she. One child runs in for the bogey man and Mary runs out. The children repeat The rhyme.
   Other rhymes for skipping are
   Teddy bear teddy bear turn right round
   Teddy bear teddy bear touch the ground
   Teddy bear teddy bear show your big toe
   Teddy bear teddy bear out you go.

   Ivory ivory over
   Mother in the market selling penny baskets
   The child in the cradle playing with the needle

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Luby

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumhart, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Annie Luby

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   17

   Address

   Drumhart, Co. Cavan