School: Both Íseal (roll number 16744)
- Location:
- Boheeshil, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Séamus Ua Conchobhair
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The following are the games we play "Burning", "Colours", "Punishment"
Burning is played in the following manner
First a crowd gathers together. One person says Ink, Pink, Perry, wink, out goes she.
She touches a person as she says each [?]
Whoever the word "she" falls on that person will have to burn.
This means she have to go round and strike the person she wants to burn.
She hunts her then until she catches her. Then she burns another peron. They continue in this manner until the game is finished.
"Colours" is played in the following manner. A crowd of people gathers together. Two people stand out from the others. One of them is called "good" and the other is called "bad". The person called "good" gives a colour to each person in the crowd. The other person calls out all the colours.
Each person runs as her own colour is called. The other two runs after he to see who would catch her. Whoever catches her puts her at her own side.
When all the children are caught whoever has the most at her side is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glencar, Co. Kerry
