School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Kilglass, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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- Pig-tail
This game is usually played indoors. It's played by five or six and sometimes more.
The imitation of a pig is made on a board, but the tail is not included.
Then one person is blindfolded and and is supposed to try to put on the tail and in the right position each persons of the players in turn in blindfolded.
This is usually the cause of enormous fun because the tail is usually put in ridiculous places.Puss wants a cornerThis is game usually played out-of-doors. It is played with an odd number of players. All the players except one. Each pair stand opposite each other.
The person who has no corner represents "Pass, and must go round to each one if the player saying to(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary J. Fallon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyhubert, Co. Roscommon