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

Location:
Béal Átha Feorainne, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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    This is an indoor game. One has a handkerchief put over his face and all the others keep moving around the room. The first he catches hold of will take his place and be blindfolded. The witch in the well is yet another. The mother tells her children to go and pick potatoes for the dinner. When they come back their hands are dirty and the mother tells them to wash their hands in the well. There is another person in the well and he picks the children's hands as they are washing. The children go
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Raymond Mc Quillan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Béal Átha Feorainne, Co. Ros Comáin