School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- Location:
- An Baile Nua, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: K. Shumacher
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- There are many games children play both outdoor
and indoor. In winter girls play jackstones, table-
tennis, cards, and draughts. Boys play skittles, pitch
and toss, football, and cricket.
The games we usually play at school are "Ghost in
the garden", "blocks" "Bird in my pocket," "Ring o' rosies,"
"The Lady on the Mountain," "Queenie L.O," "Jig," "Slide
and Sack," "bolours", "Skipping," "Cat and Mouse", "Catching
a ball", "bock-Tight", "Four Corners."
Ghost in the Garden:- One girl sits in the corner
of the garden and another girl acts a mother to the
children, and sends them in town in the garden
for something. When they go the ghost chases them
away. When they go back and tell their mother
she gets behind her children and brings them up(continues on next page)- Collector
- Violet Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Béal Átha na nGabhar, Co. na hIarmhí