School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)

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1. Games I Play - Hide and Go Seek (continued)

   

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   to watch closely for her and when we can get the chance we run into the den. The den is a large wall. The child that is tig last has to seek us the next time.

   

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2. Games I Play - Frog in the Well

   

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   3. Frog in the well is a game which we have to get into a tight ring so as not to let the frog out. The frog is a child who jumps about trying to get a hole in which she can get out While the frog is trying to get out we say "Frog in the well and cannot get out".

   

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3. Games I Play - Blind Man's Buff

   

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   4. When we are going to play Blind man's buff we collect a lot of girls. When we have them collected we get them into a large ring each child holding one another's hand. Then we pick a girl and tie a handkerchief on her eyes and then we put her into the ring. Then she has to go round the ring and catch hold of someone. She has to guess who it is and if she guesses right that girl has to get into the ring and

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Smyth

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Johnsbrook, Co. Meath