School: Ballymahon (B.) (roll number 12690)

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1. Games I Play

   

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   The outdoor games I play are : Tig, Hide and go seek, Ghost in the well. Colours, Tip cat, Four corners, Chain Tig, Fox and chicken. Those games are played during all times of the year. In winter I play all kinds of ball, and sliding. In Autumn I play chesnut conquers and looking for nuts for Hallow Eve. In Spring I play top spinning. The way Tig is played is a party of boys gather together, and one boy gives out the tig. There are many rhymes for giving out the Tig. Some of them are.
   "P.I.G.. Pig
   "You have the Tig".
   "And out you must go

   Another one is.
   "Three little gypsies lived in a tent"
   "One little gypsy refused to pay the rent."
   "The Landlord came and shouted out.
   "One little gypsy must go out."

   Billy on the railway picking up stones.
   Up came the engine and o' hurted his bones
   Ad said Billy thats not (fare) fair
   Ah said the engine I dont care.
   And out you must go.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tom Skelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymahon, Co. Longford