School: Cloran (roll number 5282)
- Location:
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Síle Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0360
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- (continued from previous page)the Bridge. The two that are holding up the bridge say, "Largue Largeon let everybody pass but the very last one. When the last one comes they ask her whether she would prefer an apple or an orange. If she said an apple she would be on the side of the one that had chosen the apple, and so on like that until every child has chosen her own fruit.
Then both sides pull to see which is the strongest.Hide-and-go-seek.
This game is played by many children in the country. The children stand round in a group and the biggest child is told to make two equal groups of them. Then either of the groups go and hide and when they are hid they should "Cook". Then the fun comes one looking for the other. If one gets into the den all have to go and hide again.See-Saw(continues on next page)
