School: Ballykilmurry
- Location:
- Ballykilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Uí Odhráin
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- Rounders.
Make a ring of stones and hit out the ball with your hand and if the boys catch it you are out.
Frog in the well
Everyone catch hands except one and let that one get into the middle of the ring and keep going around until she is able to get out of the ring.
Hounds and rabbits
Everyone to run except two. These two are the hounds and they follow the rabbits until they catch them.
Frog in the well
The players would join in a ring and one would get inside of it and try to get out while the others would be very tightly together shouting "Frog in the well and can't get out". When she would(continues on next page)
