School: Convent of Mercy, Athlone

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   this game one person is blind-folded and the rest of the players hide, when a person is caught the rest blind folded, man says "grunt Peggie grunt". The caught person holds his nose and grunts and if the blind folded man guesses rightly the caught player has to blind fold.
   Tig:
   This is the way tig is played. A crowd of about twenty are gathered together and one of them counts up to a hundred. Whoever is a hundred has to run after the rest and whoever she tips has to run after the others and so the game continues.
   Winnie:
   This is how Winnie is played. A group of children

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Curley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Athlone, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mrs Flynn

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Athlone, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mrs Gordon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kiltoom, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mrs Grealy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Athlone, Co. Westmeath