School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The indoor games I play are, Rings, Ludo, Snap, Hide and Seek, Hiding the Thimble. Outdoors, I play the following games, Rounders, Colours, Dummies, Four corner Fool.
The way I play "Hide and go Seek" is, one of the players does the hunting when we are all in hiding. Who ever is caught first must hunt and so on until they are tired of playing it.
"Hiding the thimble" is played by one player staying in the room and the rest go out. The player in the room will hide a Thimble. When it is done, the player invites all in. They will search for the thimble. The player who is near it, is told by the(continues on next page)
