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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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  1. Girls' Games (continued)

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    Red Light
    A person puts her face to the wall and she says "One! Two! Three! redlight!" and then she turns round and whoever she catches walking has to go to the wall and repeat the same rhyme.
    Birds, Beasts, Flowers, and Fishes.
    Two girls give the initial of a bird or a beast, or a flower, or a fish to whoever is playing and if the girl who guesses the right name catches the girl who gave out the initial, before she is below a certain mark, that girl gives out an initial.
    Sitting Tig
    To play this game you give out this rhyme.
    "P i g, pig,
    you have the tig,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Conlon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford