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School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)

Location:
Stormanstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 041

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  2. Local Games - The Little Ball of Blue

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    My sisters and other girls play this game with me.
    We all stand around ina ring about one year apart. One girl will have a blue handkerchief. She will walk round the rest of the children and say "I wrote a letter to my aunt and on the way I lost it. Some of you have picked it up and put it in your pocket: not you, not you, nor you, but the little ball of blue".
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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
    Máirín Taaffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Charlestown, Co. Louth