School: Loughshinny (roll number 8434)

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1. Local Patron Saint (continued)

   

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   That is how St Patrick found out that the Skerries people ate his goat. The marks of his feet and staff are on a rock beside the spring board a quarter of a mile outside Skerries. The people of the towns round about Skerries call them "Skerry Goats"

   

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2. Games

   

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   I play the following games: Football, Colours, Leapfrog, Blindmansbuff, and Ralieveeo. This is how Blindmansbuff is played. A cloth is tied around one of the players eyes. The other players run around the one who is blindfolded and he tries to tip them. When he catches somebody, that person has to put on the cloth and he tries to catch some of the others and so the game goes on till we get tired of it. This is how Colours is (players) played. First of all we get

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jack Ryan

   Gender

   Male