School: Marshalstown (roll number 12741)
- Location:
- Marshalstown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Macháin
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There are a lot of games which every child around here plays. Some of these are Tig, Tip the can, Old Mother, Jail, Hide and go seek. Blind Booby, Little dog at home, Time, Poor Jenny Joy, The Roman soldiers, Little Silly Saucer, The frog in the middle. These are the ones we play in the school yard . We play tig by getting some children and leaving one to follow. Then the others would run and who ever she would hit wound follow. Tip the can is played by getting a bit of tin or a stone and throwing a good distance and then counting twenty one in order to find out who should follow. Then the rest would go and hide. When the person comes back with the can he would look around trying to find out where the others were hiding. Then who ever she would spy first would follow next time. We play old mother in the school yard by(continues on next page)
