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1. Games - Cap and Ball (continued)

   

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   turns around and does the same.

   

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2. Games - Nuts in May

   

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   Nuts in May
   Half the children would go to one
   side and the other half would go
   to the other side, and one side would say,"Who will come gathering nuts in May on a cold in cold and frosty morning? The other side would say,"We will come gathering nuts in May on a cold and frosty morning." The other side would say again,"Who will ye have for nuts in May." One side would pick out a girl from their own side and the other side would pick a girl from their own side and the two girls (will star?) would go pulling. What ever girl would be able to pull
   the other would win.

   

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3. Games - A Fairy in the Garden

   

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   A Fairy in the Garden. A girl sits down as if she was a grandmother and another girl sits down as if she was a fairy. The children would come to the grand- mother and say, "There is a fairy in the garden," Then the grandmother would say, "Go and try again," The

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

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