School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis (roll number 7315)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhomhnalláin
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- "The cat and the rat" is a very common game which is played often by the children in school. Here is the way it is played.
You form a ring and the rat goes into the centre of the ring and the cat goes outside the ring. Then the rat says "I am a rat" then the cat says "I am a cat." Then the rat says "You could not catch me" then the cat says "I could". Then the cat makes one(continues on next page)