School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0672, Page 162
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- ButtonFirst of all one boy gets a button and he hides it and the rest of the boys go and look for it and then who ever finds it can hide it again.
- Turn the Blankets over.Two boys hold hands and goes under one anothers hands till they get tired, and keep on saying 'Shake, Shake the blankets,
Turn the blankets over - Weigh the Butter.Two boys turn their backs to one another and hold hands across their shoulders and lift one another from the ground on to their backs and keep saying, "Weigh the butter, Weigh the butter.
