School: Aughaconey
- Location:
- Aghaconny, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: S. Mac Síomóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0989, Page 238
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- (continued from previous page)words, "hold the button hard and fast till I come back again." When he is finished going around he asks everyone, "Who has the button? Everyone guesses and the person who guesses correctly plays the game again.
Putog
A number of people gather together and one person gets a handkerchief and puts it on some person's head. He follows the others until he catches them and the game is started again.
Around the Green Gravel.
A crows of children gather together in a ring and go round. They say the words "Around the green gravel the grass grows green,
And many a lady is fit to be seen.
Washed in milk,
Dressed in silk
The last on pop down."
The person who pops down last is out and the game is continued in this way until everyone is out except one. That child has to follow the rest of the children until they are all caught and the game is started again
Cat and Mouse.
A number of children gather into a ring. One of them represents a cat and the other a mouse(continues on next page)
