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School: Paddock, Mountrath (roll number 13173)

Location:
Paddock, Co. Laois
Teacher:
A. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 096

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 096

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    in a ring and another stands in the middle with her or his eyes shut. The children go round in a ring and say "Frog In the Middle Catch all you can".After a while the one in the middle catches some one else and then that one is the Frog.
    HERE COMES THE POSTMAN;
    The way this game is played is a number of girls from a ring.One of them gets a piece of paper for a letter and goes around the ring and the other girls say."Here comes the Postman,the postman,the postman,here comes the postman early in the morning. Drop it at my door,my door,my door early in the morning" Then he girl with the piece of paper drops it at some other girls feet.Then the girl that gets it goes around the ring with it again and the game goes on like that until it is played.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark, Co. Laois