School: Clochar na Trócaire
- Location:
- Cóbh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Sr M. Mc Donagh
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- During the winter months my friends and I play a game. The name of this game is "O Grady said" And a number of girls can play this game.
The girls stand in a long line and an other girl stands in front of them and she says "O Grady said do and she states some action to be done and immediately all the girls do the action that she says. If she states an action without "O Grady said" before it and if the girls do it they have to drop out of the game. It is great fun to try and do the actions. For example the girl says"
"O Grady says to dance."
O Grady says to run"
O Grady says to fly"
O Grady says to jump"
O Grady says to walk"
O Grady says to hop".
They all do these actions and the girls who keep doing it they are the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cóbh, Co. Cork
