School: St John's Girls, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 11163)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Giolla Bríde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0856, Page 242
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- The following are some of the outdoor games that are played in my locality. Cat and Dog - Forfeits- Colours - Clocks- Fruits - Bluebell - Beds- Fools -London Bridge- Dan Dan tread the needle- Skipping- Hide and go seek- Johnny go across the water - Sally go around the moon- whipping tops and I sent my son.
Cat and Dog is played in the following manner - a box or strool is placed in a big space, and a long stick which is called the Dog, and a short one with both ends pointed is called the Cat. The children are divided into two even sides and each side get their turn to strike the Cat and the side that gets the highest score wins the game.
Fools is played in the following way - five children can play in this exciting game one child in the middle and the other four in four corners and these say chuck chuck in the corner and if the fool gets into the corner before her then she is the fool.
