School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lainn Chille, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- One of the games that were played in my grandmother's is "Jinny Jones".
They would all join up in a line and someone would be Jinny Jones and she would sit down behind some girl that would be the mother. All that were joined up would come and say,
"We came to see Jinny Jones
"Jinny Jones".
The mother would say
She is washing clothes, washing
clothes and ye cannot see
her now".
They would come again and say
"We came to see Jinny Jones
Jinny Jones(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Chnapach Bheag, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Mrs A. Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Chnapach Bheag, Co. Mhaigh Eo
