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1. Games I Play

   

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   I play different games at different times of the year. In the spring I skip. In the summer I play rounders and cricket. In the autumn I gather blackberries and hazel nuts and in the winter in the house I play ludo, checkers, dominoes and snakes and ladders. Whenever I am skipping different rhymes are said.

   Up the long ladder and down the short rope
   Over to McGillgan and back in a boat
   Two little dicky birds sitting on the wall
   One named Peter the other named Paul
   Fly away Peter, fly away Paul
   Come back Peter and come back Paul
   Early in the morning before six o'clock
   You can hear the postman knock
   Postman, postman drop your letter
   Lady, lady pick it up
   As I was in the kitchen doing a little stitching
   In came a big man and I ran out

   The game "Glasgow ships are sailing down" is played in the following manner:- The girls stand in a line. Two captains leave the line. Each girl selects an object such as apple bags or anything whatsoever. They stand facing each other with their hands raised in the form of an arch

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ruby Gibson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gulladoo, Co. Donegal