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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)

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Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 196

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    around the ring after the others. The first person caught will have to follow the next. This continues until we get tired.
    During the long winter nights the game I like best is card playing. The verse that is usually said during this time is
    "One, two, three, four, five,
    Once I caught a fish alive,
    Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
    Oh, I let him go again,
    Why did you let him go?
    Because he bit my finger so,
    Which finger did he bite.?
    The little one upon the right."
    Another game I like playing indoors is "Fox and geese." The rhyme said while this game is going on is as follows:
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Hayes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cormackstown, Co. Tipperary