School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 505
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- (continued from previous page)giver-out. The giver-out gives a certain colour to each girl and then calls the guesser and then says this rhyme:
"All the birds in the air,
All the fishes in the sea,
Wouldn't point me out red."
(Any colour can be mentioned)
The guesser guesses some colour and if she guesses the right one that belongs to a certain girl that girl runs to a certain place. The guesser runs after her and if she catches her she is a "devil" and if she does not, she is an "angel". This game is played until one is left and two other colours are given to her and the guesser guesses one of the colours and if she guesses the right colours the girl whose colour she calls out is the correct one she is a devil and if not she is an angel.
Stick of Toffee: It is a game that may be played by alot of girls. It is much the same as "Tig", If the person that has the tig tigs(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Angela O' Donohoe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Clonbrusk, Co. Westmeath
