School: Rathcoyle, Kiltegan
- Location:
- Rathcoyle Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)Then the other players come in under the two girls hands. Then the rest of the players take one of the colours. Then they pull against the other and the side that falls loses and the other side wins.
Blind man's buff. One of the girls tie a handkerchief around her eyes. The other players form in a ring and this girl gets in the middle. Then whoever she succeeds in touching is the Blind man.
"Colours" The girls all stand in a line except two, one of those girls call out a colour and the other girls run after the girl who has that colour. If she is caught she is in "Hell" and if she is not caught she is in "Heaven". Hell is a low place on the playground and Heaven is a high place in it.
Hide and go seek. Some of the players hide themselves in a place where the other would not see them. When they would have hid they would cry "Cu" and the other would then go to look for them. The first ones to be caught would(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mary Ann Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornan East, Co. Wicklow
