Games
31st May 1938
We play games at home at the fire, one of which is, that one person gets a stick and lights it in the fire. Then it is passed round to the rest and each one says while it is in his hand, Biorín a mharb, biorín a bheo; má gheobhann tú bás idir mo dhá láimh, beidh an púicin orm. When the stick quenches in some-body's hand a cloth is put on his face. Some other person puts something in his hand and the person with the cloth on his face keeps guessing until he says the right thing.
“INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48 Rush Hill, Co. Mayo”
INFORMANT; Thomas Reilly, male, Age 42, Prison North, Co. Mayo