School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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- (continued from previous page)the same till all is finished and then sits the same way himself, and the next person does the same and so on.
There is another game called, "Jacob and Rachel". This game is played by one person putting a handkerchief over one person's eyes, and there is a ring made, and someone else goes into the ring, and the person who is blindfolded shouts "Jacobs", and the person who he is catching shouts "Rachel", and when Rachel is caught he puts on the handkerchief and the game goes on as before. In Winter we play games such as "Ludo", "Snakes and Ladders", "Steeplechase", "Draughts", "Lexicon", "Can You Go" and "Shove the Button".
"Ludo", "Snakes and Ladders" and "Steeplechase" are all played with dice, and "Lexicon" and "Can You Go" are word-building games with cards.
"Shove the Button", is played by all the children sitting down, and one of them gets up and gets a button, and all the children keeps their hands together, and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Wilfred Lowry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graddum, Co. Cavan
