School: Baile an tSléibhe (roll number 1524)
- Location:
- Cornalee, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín Níc Coisdeabha
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- Games.
The following is a list of the games I play:-
Hide and seek, Spy Grandmother, "Poor Neddy is Dead", Cat and Mouse, Colours, Ring a Ring a Rosy, The Old Widow who came from Athlone, Blind Man's Buff, Four Corner Fool, La La Luke and La La John. Chickenin, Ghost in the Gap. Pot Hooks and Hanger, jack-stones, Hop, Skip and a Leap, Chip Chop Cherry, Fox and Goose, Cook, Checkers Thimblein, Statues, A.B.C. Twos and Threes, Wolf, Arrows, See-Saw, Lazy Sally, and the Rosary.
"Poor Noddy is Dead" is a very nice game, and we play it very often. This is the way we play it:- One child called Neddy lies on the ground All the rest gather round her in(continues on next page)
