School: Cullies
- Location:
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Clarke
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- 18th November 1937
Games I play
The games I play are skipping, swinging, blind mans buff, handball, hiding and gathering nuts. In autumn I amuse myself gathering blackberries. Skipping is played by two girls holding a rope at each side and winding it. Then another girl runs into the centre of the rope and skips.
Swinging is played by tying a rope to the branches of two trees and a rope to tied to one side of the swing to pull the person who is swinging backwards and forwards. There is a cushion placed in the centre of the swing for the person who is swinging to sit on.
Blind mans buff is played by a person putting a blind on his or her eyes and running after the others to catch them. Whoever is caught(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Magorry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cullies, Co. Cavan