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1. Games I Play (continued)

   

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   and as it is coming to the ground they jump up and they let it pass under their feet. They give a few skips and then they jump out the other side. In skipping we enjoy ourselves very much.
   We play swinging by getting a long rope. Each end of this rope os tied securely to two brambles of a tree and it is let sling down to within three or four feet of the ground. A bag of hay is got and it is left down on the rope. Then a person sits on this bag that is on the rope and she catches hold of the rope on each side of her with her two hands. There is a girl at each side of the rope. They catch hold of the rope and they swing it out as fast as possible and back again. When she has got enough swings another girls goes up on the rope in her place. In playing this we have great pleasure.
   In playing see saw we leave a long plank across a ditch. A child goes up and down on each end of the plank and they both weigh up and down. As the child on one side is going up in the air

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máirín Ní Bhreithimh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tonnagh, Co. Mayo

   Collector

   Máirín Ní Searraigh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballintadder, Co. Mayo

   Collector

   Treasa Ní Ghallcobhair

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tonroe, Co. Mayo