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School: Castlepollard (C.) (roll number 5514)

Location:
Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs Egan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0721, Page 165

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    I play several games at home and at school. The following is a list.
    Hide and go seek
    Jennie Joe
    We play several different kinds of tig such as sitting tig, wall tig, iron tig and chain tig.
    Here comes a gypsy riding
    Colours
    Wallflowers
    Lazy old Mary
    Green gravel
    Little Sally saucer
    He we come gathering nuts of May
    This is how we play them.
    Hide and go seek
    One of the children hide in the den and the others hide. Whoever is caught last has to hide in the den and the game is played over again.
    Jennie Joe.
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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
    Bernadette Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath