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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 305

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    the road, and one girl standing a short distance away and catching them. Four corners are played by a number of girls getting a corner and one girl standing in the middle and trying to get a corner. Fair Rosie was a lovely girl and lived in her round tower. A wicked wizard came one day he waved his wand over her head and said that Fair Rosie should sleep for a hundred years.
    Children's games are played around the fire during the Winter months, such as Blind mans Buff, Button and Colours. Blind mand Buff is played by one child putting a cloth round her face and all the others run through the room, until some one is caught
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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