School: Cill Átha (roll number 9298)

Location:
Killagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mrs Pender
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0158

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  1. Games afford great amusement for young and old. There are outdoor and indoor games. Outdoor games are healthy and in some cases even necessary. Persons who are engaged in business indoor, could not be healthy, if they did not take part in outdoor games. As food is necessary for the body so is exercise.
    The games I play at school are, Hide-and-seek, Rabbit-Burrow, Fox and Chickens, High-Gates and China Cup and Saucer.
    Half of us go and hide and when they are hidden the remainder of us search for them. When
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14