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School: Coolanarney

Location:
Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
D. Mac Gairbhíth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 240

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    1. Hide the key- One child hide the key nd the rest look for it and the one that finds it has to hide it again
    2. Hide-and-go-seek- Some of the children hide and the others look for them
    3. Spy- Some of the children hide and the others count up to twenty then go to look for them the childern that hide in try to catch them
    4. Follow- All the children are to run except two and they are to run and catch two
    5. Tig- one is to follow the rest who ever the catch is to follow
    6. High Gates- all catch in a ring except on to call out someone to follow
    7. Kneel on the carpet- All catch in a ring one go inside and kneel down all the other
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English