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School: The Rower (C.), Inistioge (roll number 15161)

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The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Labhaoise Nic Liam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 326

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    I amuse myself in playing many games such as Tig, Spy, Blind Mans Buff and Hide the Button. Tig is the game we mostly play. It is a very simple game. One girl gives out the tig. The way she gives it out is P. I. G. you have the tig. The girl on which the word tig falls has to chase the others till she suceeds in catching one of the other girls. Then the girl whom she catches has to do the same as the other girl and so on.
    Spy is another very popular game. It is playe in this way. A crowd of girls gather together at a tree or door. They call the tree or door the den. Half of the girls go a hide. The girls at the den are not to look at the others. When these are a hide the girls at the den cry out
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Galavan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    The Rower, Co. Kilkenny