School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

Location:
Milltown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 445

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 445

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    four players, who get in four corners, and a "fool" in the middle. The players run from corner to corner, and if the "fool" gets in a corner the person who has left it will be the "fool" and so on.
    Signed: Annie Curran,
    Grange,
    Droichead Nua,
    Co. Kildare.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 1. Tig
    2. Hide and Seek
    3. Nuts in May
    4. Beefsteaks
    5. I Spy
    6. Ghost in the Garden
    7. Blind man's Buff
    8. Dan Dan thread the Needle
    (1) The children all stand in a row and one child gives out the tig saying "Little Minnie turned her pinny inside out" and whoever the word "out" comes to must have the "tig", and the person that has the tig is to run after the rest and if
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Clinton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunbyrne, Co. Kildare