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School: Cloncovid

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Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Savage
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 180

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    It is during the Summer that I play most games. Here are some of the games, tig, bird colours, skittles; Goldens. Here are some of the ones I play around the fire in Winter. Jack in the dark, button and many others.
    The way to play fox and chickens is to get a crowd of children, pick out one to be the fox, another to be the mother and the rest to be the chickens. Then the fox tries to catch the chickens and the mother tries to save them.
    During the harvest I spend most of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Sheridan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnagh Upper, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Hore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnagh Upper, Co. Cavan