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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Baile Uí Mhatháin, Co. an Longfoirt
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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    Hide-And-Go-Seek
    The way we play "Hide And Go Seek" is, one person gives out the tig, hides her face and then the rest go and hide in some corner or place and this is the rhyme they say:
    "Hide And Go Seek,
    A penny a week,
    The butcher the baker,
    The candle-stick-maker
    We all fell out of a rotton potato, Ah.!"
    The tig falls on the girl to whom "Ah" is said.
    Chain Tig
    This is the way we play "Chain Tig". We gather a crowd and then one person gives out the rhyme and she counts up to twenty and
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Nally
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baile Uí Mhatháin, Co. an Longfoirt
    Informant
    Nally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baile Uí Mhatháin, Co. an Longfoirt
    Informant
    Nally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Uí Mhatháin, Co. an Longfoirt