School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)

Location:
Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Healy
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  2. The games I play are hurling, football, handball, cards. Blind mans buff, draughts, four corners, pitch and toss, rounders, partners, colours and tig.
    Tig is played like this. All the boys stand round in a ring and one of the boys gives out the tig. This means he says a rhyme touching every boy in turn. The boy that the last word falls on is out and he has to run after the rest of the boys. In playing
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