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School: Drumgossatt (C.)

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Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Áine Nic Ghráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 082

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    put on next.
    Hand Ball:- The game is played with a hand ball. A girl gets a ball and hops it against the gabel of a house or by passing it to the next girl.
    Putting on names:- Another crowd of girls gather and two are to go apart from the others. One of them is to be an angel and the other a devil. Then there is another girl putting on the names, such as, robin, thrush blackbird etc. When she is finished she calls the angel. When the angel comes he says "ding dong" the other says "who's there" then the Angel replies "the Angel with the golden hair" and if he says one of the names of the birds he will get that person. The game continues like this until all the birds
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrynaglah, Co. Monaghan