School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- An Baile Nua (Shea), Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 08_056
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- The games I chiefly play during the Summer time are Ring a Rosy and colours. Ring A Rosy is played by forming a group of girls and boys together and the words said are Ring a Ring a Rosy Pockets full of posies a hush a hush a all fall down." Then all the children fall down and that game is ended.
Colours are played like this. One girl is an angel, and another girl the devil. Then the colours are given out and the angel comes and guesses(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Lanigan
- Gender
- Female
