School: Glascorn (roll number 16615)
- Location:
- Glascarn, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Hope
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- (continued from previous page)end. The "Guesser" has to guess some child and if he is wrong the child who has that name goes to the person who gave out the names. As in "Hell and Heaven" the game ends by pulling tug-o'-war.When playing "Trades" the children are divided into two equal parts. There is a distance of about ten yards between each side. One side thinks of some work to do such as sowing seed. They then go over to the other side and give the initial letter of each word such as s. s. for sowing seed. They then show how it is done. The children on the other side have to guess what the work is and when they succeed they chase the others. Any children who are caught must go on the other side. Then the players on the other side think of some trade and the game goes on as before. This continues until all the children(continues on next page)
