School: Howth (C.)
- Location:
- Howth, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhuain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 39
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- Vera Quirke
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Address
- Howth, Co. Dublin
- Any number of players can play this game. Two are selected one is "Postman" and goes outside the door. The other player whispers a number to each person from 1 to 12 according to the number of players. The "Postman" knocks and says he has so many letters. If he says any number a player has, he has to give that player the number of letters he said he had and that person has to be "Postman" and so the game goes on.
