School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Farrell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 116
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The other chldren run around her until she catches one of them. Then the one who has been caught puts the handkerchief around her eyes and tries to catch one of the others and so on.
- Old man and the dripping
When playing "Old man and the dripping" one child pretends to be the "mother" one pretends she is the "old man" and the one pretends she is the servant.
The "mother" tells the servant to mind the children till she returns.
The "mother" then goes off. The "old man" meets the mother on the way and asks her if he may get a bit of dripping from the servant.
The mother says "yes". He goes(continues on next page)
