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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

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Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 291

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    2. When making frog in the water all the girls join up in a ring. Then one girl goes into the middle of the ring and shuts her eyes. The rest go round her saying "Frog in the water will not catch me" and so on to the end.
    3. When playing colours all the girls stand in a line against the wall, and one girl gives them all different colours. The a golden haired girl comes and the other girl says "who is there", and she answers "the girl with the golden hair". The other girl asks "what do you want?" and she says "a ribbon". She is asked then what colour and whatever
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Naughton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Wade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Galway