School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 233
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- (continued from previous page)French cricket. tipping on the fingersBlindman's buff:- The way to play "blindman's buff is to tie a handkerchief around a persons eyes and that person follows the crowd. He is a long time before he can catch anyone. when he catches anyone that one is the blind man's buff. The game continues like that
Tipping on the fingers:- One person turns his back to the crowd and puts out one of his fingers behind his back. One person must tip the finger. The person with his back turned guesses the person. The person asks how far is he to go; is he to run, walk, or creep or is he to have his eyes shut or open.
Tig:- The way to play tig is to get a crowd and give out a rhyme and whoever is out has to run and tip one of the other people. The rhyme is Ittle attle blue bottle ittle attle out(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Boland
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Wood of O, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Julia Boland
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Wood of O, Co. Offaly
