School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)The hag tries to kill all the chickens and the mother tried to defend them. When all the chickens are killed the game is over.
Come along Josie is played every day in school.
To play this two girls catch hands, raise them up and each thinks of something different.
All the girls aling on to each other and say, "Come along Josie come along John" all pass along but the very last man.
While this is being said, all the girls pass(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Lawlor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilree, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Lawlor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Kilree, Co. Kilkenny
