School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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“an Angel and so on until all the girls are called.”
(continued from previous page)an Angel and so on until all the girls are called. At the end there is a Tug of War between the Angels and Devils.- 2 Goose and Gander. To play this game a number of girls are necessary. They sit down and stretch out their feet.
I get a pointer and tip them on the legs and say
1 Binder Bander
Goose and Gander
Fleeka Flaaka
Cracka ma Daara
"Gandal"
Whatever foot "Gandal" will fall on will be drawn in. Then I give a strange name to each girl and I put one girl away(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridget Fordham
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Daniel Fordham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Kilcolgan, Co. Galway