School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)small and stout.
- There are a great many games I play at school, such as, follows-
"Old Hag" which is played with a hen and her darling chickens.
The hen comes to the hag and asks the time.
She comes three times and then the hen asks why the hag is edging her knives(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Ní Annracán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mary Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny