School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

Location:
Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0265, Page 128

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  1. Names Games
    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.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Miss Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcash, Co. Roscommon