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School: Allenwood

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Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 307

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    “When the pot-hooks is sticky it is the sign of rain.”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
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    a game which children play is "blackfist." First one person puts down his closed fist and then the other players put down their fists and one person points at the fist and says "What's this" and then the person who owns the fist says "blackfist" and the other person says "knock it off." Then he knocks off each fist until only one
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