School: Béal Átha Conaill (2)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Laing
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- (continued from previous page)Frog in the well, can't get out,
can't get out, can't get out
Frog in the well, can't get out, Nuts in May
Blind man's buff
Skittles
Cat and dog
Tread the needle Dan Dan
Scotch hop
Jack ass
Marbles
Paddy from Cork
Tig
Hide and go Seek
Making an egg stand on the table.
The farmer wants a wife.
Ludo.
There is another game which we play out of doors during the Summer months. It is skittles. We get five middling thick sticks about nine inches long, and stand them about a foot apart from each other. Each one has a different number such as 10, 5, 5, 5,5.
Then we get four sticks about fifteen inches long and throw them at the five(continues on next page)
