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School: Aughaclay (roll number 13140)

Location:
Templemoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 135

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  1. The Games we Play

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    Here is a list of the games we play locally:
    1) Rounders
    2) Marbles
    3) Sally sitting sewing
    4) Green Gravel
    5) Open your gates
    6) Tig
    7) Hide and seek
    8) Sheep sheep come home
    9) Sally Sally one, two, three
    10) Colours
    11) Limpy Limpy lame leg
    12) Blind man's buff
    13) Duck
    14) Here we come
    15) Leap Frog
    16) There came a gipsie riding
    17) Shipping Time
    How we play Sally sitting sewing
    Any number over six can play this game. The children all stand round in a circle and one in the middle.
    They all dance round the one in the middle saying:-
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Bryne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Malin, Co. Donegal