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School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)

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Ganty, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0314

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    the names of a fruit such as orange, apple, banana, pear, and so on. One girl remains standing out, and says, "I like bananas for my picnic. As soon as shesays "banana" the girl having the name of that fruit jumps up at once, turns round at least three times and then sits down as quickly as possible. If the one standing says "I like oranges for my picnic" the girl having the name of that fruit jumps up and does the same thing and so the game goes on. If any one of those taking part falls to the ground when sitting down
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madge Uniacke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lissalondoon, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Paddy Buckley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garracloon, Co. Galway