INFORMANT; Thomas Reilly, male, Age 42, Prison North, Co. Mayo
Read MoreGeney Joe.- At first two girls sit on a chair one holding the other.
INFORMANT: Mrs Kearns, Age 40, Manulla, Co. Mayo
Read MoreThese are games which we play at home in the village of Fargureens, Parish of Balla, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo.
Read MoreThere was a hedge school in Michael Brady's land in the village of Rushill in the parish of Balla, Co. Mayo.
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48 Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
Read MoreINFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48 Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
Read MoreEvery night we play this game around the fire........
Bí o néal, néal a brobán, brobán súla, súla seicne, ár lomán, lóman leic, cor na giell isteach go Flaitheas.
They keep saying that rhyme until every-one has his foot pulled in.
Read MoreHedge schools once exist in Ireland up to the 1850's. They shorthly closed after a national education system came into existence. Here are a few stories from locals from back in 1938 given their accounts of Hedge Schools.
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