School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 254
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- (continued from previous page)crossed and say "Shake the blanket, shake the blanket: Turn the blanket over" and then they raise their hands over their heads and turn under them six or seven times.
Tumbling heads over heels is played by putting your head on the ground and tumble over straight.
Frogs is played this way: A few children stand on their hands and feet, and then a few children come and leap over the other children, and then the leaping ones go down on their hands and feet and the others jump over them.
The old people had some games that we have not now. They used to make butterfly- cages and make butterflies(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan
