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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 04_012

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    There are two kinds of games. Indoor games and games in the open. The games I usually play out in the open are racing, hide and go seek, cricket, the witch in the well and jumping. On the 22nd of June every year there is a bonfire lighted in every village. The children like to light it early so that they would have great fun. But the grownups do not want to light it until it is dark. Children enjoy the summer months, jaunting
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael J. Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon