School: Drumgossatt (B.) (roll number 14071)
- Location:
- Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: T. Ó Muireadhaigh
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- Games I Play
The most common games I play are catching football Blind man's Buff and hand ball.
The way we catch is three or four stand in a ring and one counts up to ten and whoever ten falls on is catching.
Hiding All the players go out to hide except one Who stays at a spot called 'home' with his eyes closed until the other players hidden themselves away. The last of the hiding players who finds a safe place shouts "we are hidden". The person who is blindfolded leaves home to find those who have been hiding. He must find and touch some one of the hides before they reach home.
Blind Mans Buff
A handkerchief must be tied over the eyes of someone who is giving in to be a blind man after which he is turned round three times. Then he set free to catch any one he can. As soon as he has succeeded in laying hold of any one of his friends and able(continues on next page)
