School: Tyrrellspass (2) (roll number 13743)
- Location:
- Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Payne
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- Georgina Fair
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 9
- Address
- Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
- Paperchase is my favourite game and I like to play it in the summer evenings. A lot of children do not like to play it because it is too tiresome and they are too lazy. I like to play this game when the grass is long because the other boys and girls can-not find the bits of papers that you drop. This is how it is played. All the players but one stay in the den. That one goes away to(continues on next page)
