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School: Dungimmon

Location:
Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 091

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  1. The Games I Play

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    The games I play are camoige, football, hide and go seek, leap frog, tig. These are played at all times of the year.
    Those that are played in Winter, are sliding, pegging snowballs and making snowmen.
    In Summer I pick blackberries and nuts.
    Hide and go seek, is played in this way. A person puts his hand over his eyes and the other players hide in some spot where the seeker cannot see them. If they get into the den (that is the place where the person is) before he sees them they won't have to seek the next time.
    Leap frog is played in this way. A person sits down on the his haunches, and another person runs and leaps across his back.
    Tig is played in this way, a person runs after another person until he catches him, then he has to do the same.
    Sliding is played this way. Children fo to a pond on which there is ice. They then slide, across it on their feet.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Meg Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan