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1. Games I Play (continued)

   

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   snakes, and ladders, walter-walter-wallflowers, Judy and Jack, guessing, draw-draw-bucket-of-water, Ludo- and many other games. Some of these games are played inside and others are played outside. Any number of children can play blind-man's-buff. A cloth is put on the eyes of one of the players and he runs round and round and tries to catch one of the players, who, when he is caught gets on the cloth. Button is sometimes played at wakes. One player gets a button and he goes round to each player and holds his hands over the hands of the player and he says:- "coomer", "coomer" hold the

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary F. Kennedy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Allenwood North, Co. Kildare