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   Then the wee widow goes out and joins the ones in the ring. They go round again and chant "Here's a wee widow etc. etc."

   Catch:- I play a game called catch the way this game is nine or ten children stand in a ring. Someone counts up to twenty. Who ever is twenty one is not catch but whoever is twenty last is catch. They all run away and whoever is catch runs after them. The one she tigs first is catch then and this game goes on like this.

   Ghost in the Garden. There is a game called Ghost in the garden. The way this game is played, is a crowd

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Martin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lurganboys, Co. Monaghan