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School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls) (roll number 16333)

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Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Caitlín Cadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 188

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    and then she is out of the games.
    When we are skipping we say
    Apple jelly, jam tart
    Tell me the name of your sweetheart.
    Then we say the Alphabet and we make the letter we stop at to initial a boy's name then we get the other letter and so on. It is great fun playing games they pass many hours in Winter time.
    Nuala Halligan 14th December 1937
    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
    Nuala Halligan
    Gender
    Female