School: Offerlane (roll number 13158)
- Location:
- Tinnakill, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Liam de Chléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 300
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- First two are taken out and are to guess something. And the rest get into a line. And the other two join hands. And the line marches under the girls hands until the very last girl and she is asked which would she have of what they had guessed. And then they pull and who ever pulls the best is the winner.
- All the children are scattered around, and one person goes and tips someone else and then they catch hand and tip someone else who then joins hands with them. This goes on until everybody is in the chain them the last person caught begins the game over again.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alf Thompson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolrain, Co. Laois
