School: St. Paul's, Bray
- Location:
- Bray, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: R. Maguire
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- (continued from previous page)Cock a Rosey is a simple game played by any number of players. One of these is "on" and he calls one of the other player's name, that player has to get past whoever is "on". If he fails he has to help to catch the rest of the players.
Pussy Four Corners is played by five people, four of these are in four separate corners and one standing in the middle trying to get into one of the corner's. If he succeeds the player whose corner he has captured has to stand in the middle.
The rules of the other games are. In Blind man's Buff, a considerable amount of players are needed to make it an enjoyable. One of these is blindfolded and has to try and catch someone and also he has to know the name of the player. If so he changes places. When playing tip and tig one player is "on". He runs after the rest in an attempt to(continues on next page)
