School: Brittas (roll number 12217)
- Location:
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 400
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- We play many games at home in the night time such as the Ghost In The Garden.
This game can be played with four children.
One child acts as the mother one as the Ghost and two as children.
The mother sends the children into the garden and the children meets the Ghost in the garden.
The children ask the Ghost.
"What do you want"?
"A pin says the Ghost."
"What do you want the pin for"?
"To pin my bag."?
"What do you want the bag for"?
"To carry my sand."
"What do you want the sand for"?
"To sharpen my knive."
"What do you want the knive for"?
"To kill you."
The children run then and the Ghost after them.
Another game that we often play is Pussy Cat Four Corners.
This game is played with five children and four bits of paper a bit at each corner of the house. One child stands at each bit of paper and one in the middle. When the child in the middle(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séamus Mac Alainn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
