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School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

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Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 383

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    bow ins an tabhar, tig, racing and jumping. The game which I like best in this list is football which I play in the long Summer evenings. I often enjoy myself at a game of cricket.
    The girls play
    "Colours", "rinnce rinnce rosy", "loaves", "matches", "high gates", "fox and chickens", "bow in the well", "Dan Dan thread the needle", "Rowsy, Towsey", "hide and go seek", "Swing swang", "Tig", "See saw", "Town, Shop, "Nuts in may", "Blind Man's Buff", "Four Corners", "Slap", "Old Mother Hubbard", "Blanket", "Round the Button", "King of the Castle", "Cat and Dog", "Riddle me Riddle me aunntie oh", "Rotten Egg", "Duckshee down", "Frog leap", "Skipping", "Follow the Cock", "Knock Knock", Priest of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Richard Mulready
    Gender
    Male