School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)
- Location:
- Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Bheirn
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Hide and Seek This is an old game which we play in school and we say the following to see who is last out.
"My father built a little house guess how many nails did he put in it."'
My lord Luke and my lord John
First of all all the children collect together, and then two children go and get a colour each and then the line of children come along and takes the colour they like best and then the two sides pull, and the side that falls first loose.
Tig We play this game in school sometimes and we say the following "T. I. G. Tig you have the tig.
- Soldiers We play this game in school, first of all the children collect together and then they divide, with an equal number on each side, one side is English soldiers and the other side is(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Miss Fallon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcash, Co. Roscommon
