School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

Location:
Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Conaill
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    tips each one on the back and while she is tipping the other she says these words
    I sent a letter to my love and on the way I lost it
    So some of you have picked it up and put it in your pocket
    Then she will say it was not you and it was not you and then she will say on her friends back it was you so then that girl will have to catch so the girl that was caught will have to go into the ring and stand up until she is tipped again and the girl that is out of the ring has to do the same as what the other girl has did
    Corners is another game mostly played. A few children are to get into different corners and
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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
    Kathleen Diamond
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Toberawnaun, Co. Sligo