School: Baldwinstown
- Location:
- Baldwinstown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Ristéard Mac Plib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 364
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- Almost in every district the games that children play differ. The games that are played mostly are, - Tig, London Bridge, Hide and Seek, Nutsy May, Hunt the fox, Thimble, Colours, Birds and Rounders,
London Bridge is played in the following mannar. Two girls think of two different things as a watch or a necklace and they catch handsThe others form a line and they walk under the clasped hands and they say "London Bridge is falling down." The last person stops when she is walking under the bridge and she is asked in a whisper which she would like the better. She will stands behind the girl which has the the thing she likes best. The game(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Hore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Wexford
