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   , or chesnuts.
   In the Winter season, when the wind is howling outside, we like to remain indoors. Some children play “hide-and-seek,” “blind-man’s-buff,” while others pass the time around the fireside playing draughts, ludo, cards, snakes-and-ladders, dominoes, and hiking. Boys pass the dreary Winter days making birds cages called “Claveens.” They set these, to catch birds which they release when they see them.
   The game which I like best is “The Grand Old Duke of York.” It is played as follows- a number of children gather together. Each takes a partner and they turn round half-face. On turn every pair acts as “The Grand Old Duke of York.” The children all sing the old poem.
   “The Grand old Duke of York,
   He had so many men,
   He marched them up to the top of the hill.
   And he marched them down again
   When they were up they were up,

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sheila Mc Cauley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal