School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)

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1. Local Games - Buck (continued)

   

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   ring and challenges the other players to go from the stick to the buck in, say, thirty strides. One of them generally accepts the challenge. If he reaches the buck in thirty or fewer strides, the striker has gained points; but if he takes more than thirty, the striker has scored thirty points.
   We play for a certain number, usually fifty, and the boy who reaches that number first wins the game.

   

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2. Local Games - Hide-And-Seek

   

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   The game hide-and-seek is played like this:- There is a number of people in a circle. One in the middle says, while pointing at the rest, "Hulom, bulom, limber, look,

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Kearney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Roseybrook, Co. Louth