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School: Áit Tighe Ruaidhrí (roll number 9014)

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Attirory, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271, Page 183

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    4.
    You gather a number of children and place them in a ring and then one person stands in the middle with her eyes shut and they hold out their hand and try to catch one person while going round and they say
    "Fish in the pan catch all you can". Then who ever was caught by those in the middle has to go into the middle and do the same thing.
    5. Blind Man's Buff.
    You get one child and put a black cloth and tie it tightly round the eyes, and a few children are hiding around and if the one with the rag catches any of the others they have to do the same as their predecessor. So that is all the games that I play.
    6. Jackstones.
    You get five stones and four children, two against two. Each two begins to catch and which ever of the two parties catches
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Beegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooneen, Co. Roscommon