School: Beannchor Iorrais (roll number 13684)

Location:
Bangor, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Énrí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0133, Page 257

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  3. XML “Cluichí Páistí - The Dog and the Farmer”
  4. XML “Cluichí Páistí - Good Angel and Bad Angel”

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    children and one is called the dog and the other is called the farmer, and all the rest are called sheep. All the sheep will go and hide and the farmer will send out the dog to see if the sheep are in the corn and the dog will say no, and he will go out three times and the third time the sheep will be in the corn and he will return and say they are and the dog and the farmer will go out and chase them and whoever they will catch will have to be the farmer and that one will follow again and whoever he will catch will be the dog and so on.
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  2. This game is played by a lot of children and two of them will be the angels, one good angel and the other bad angel and another will go around and give names of birds around to all the rest and when the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Mhaoilearca
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontakilla, Co. Mayo