School: Drom na Gráinsighe (roll number 13280)

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1. Games I Play (continued)

   

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   wildly through the air, they hover downwatd with uncertain flight and they are again whirled into the remote regions of the atmosphere. I like Winter best on account of the snow and ice, but the wise person likes each season as it comes and thanks the good God for sending it.
   Now perhaps for a conclusion it would be no harm to introduce and describe, the game I like best. I prefer the "N--ger Boy" About nine of the swiftest runners sit on a bank. The mistress stands in front. She appoints one to be the "N**ger Boy" She gives each one of the eight, that are left a colour. The "n--ger boy" comes and raps at the door. The mistress asks who is there and he say that it is the "n--ger boy," and she tells him to wash his face. He goes, and comes back after a short interval and raps

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Lavin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumnagranshy, Co. Sligo