School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

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1. Games (continued)

   

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   yes sir and back it up again. A rhyme to put a baby to sleep was Cuckoo Charley, the cows are in the barley Who let them in? Little Johnie Ring Who let them out? Old Johnie Stout Toys for children were give them a ponger and a spoon and let them rattle it or put a few pebbles in a box.

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2. Games - Dan Dan Thread the Needle

   

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   Two girls stand with their hands up and let the line of girls pass through saying
   Dan, Dan, thread the needle,
   Sew, sew, to the very last man.

   Then the two would ask the last girl which would she rather, orange, apple or pear and if she had the luck to get into heaven, hell or purgatory.

   

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3. Games - Ducks Down

   

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   There was a large stone left in the centre of the yard and each one had to stand at a mark made for them and each one had to stand at the same mark. Then everyone had to stand at the same mark. Each one took a stone and try to hit the big stone in the cenre which was called the Grannie and when each one would be..

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