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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 304

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    I play the following games:- jack-stones, Fair Rosie, high-windows, hide and go seek, sea-saw, and den, Jack-stone are played on the road-side during the Summer months. High - windows are played by a number of girls taking hands and making a circle and two girls remaining out for catching. Sea-saw is played by a log of timber left across a wall, and two people sit one at each end of it and weigh up and down. Hide and go seek is played by half a number of children hiding some where and the other half looking for them.
    Den is played by a number of girls standing on
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Mc Keon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreenaseer, Co. Roscommon