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School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

Location:
Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 379

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    We play many games in school. High-gates, colours, loaves, matches and many others. This is the way we play high-gates.
    We all join our hands and form a big ring. One girl counts twenty. Who ever "twenty" falls on runs after the girl who counted. When she catches her she in turn counts up to twenty and they repeat what the others did.
    This game is great fun. They run in and through (they) the ring trying to catch each other. The bigger the ring the more fun there is as they have a good run.
    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
    Philomena Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slanestown, Co. Westmeath