School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16741)
- Location:
- New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Teachers: Aindrias Ó Caoilte Br Ó Cinnéide
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- "Chip-Chop-Cherry."
Any number of persons can play this game. The players draw a square and mark it off into little squares.
A number is put into each square. The players take a stone and hit each square in turn, saying at the same time. "Chip-Chop-Cherry.----------Hide and go seek is a game where one boy hides and the rest seek him. The rhyme when giving it out is.
"Hide and go seek
A penny a week,
Sheep's head on a Sunday.
Boston is a fine place
And so is Philadelphia, O-U-T- out.----------Queenie :
Three or more persons can play this game. One of the players turns away and the rest stand in a row, One of them hides a ball in his pocket. The first player then turns around and has to guess who has the ball.----------
Any number of boys or girls can play this game. It is called "Stocky Blue Bells."
It is played at any time of the year. How you play this game is :-
A number of children stand in a ring and they hold up their(continues on next page)
