School: Matehy, Inniscarra
- Location:
- Saint Ann's Hill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 417
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- A very popular game with children. The rule is every boy or girl to be blindfolded shall, after the handkerchief is fixed firmly over the eyes, be twisted round three times, so as to lose his or her knowledge of direction. Then the "blind man" starts off to catch whom he may.
Having caught a player, he must first guess who it is, and, if he guesses aright, then the player caught becomes "blind man".
In playing this game care should be taken to prevent any danger of a reckless player sustaining injury by coming in contact with a sharp object or tumbling into the fire. It is a firm rule of the game that no player when retreating from the "blind man", shall lead him out of the room. The door should be closed.
The "blind man" may or may not be rewarded with a kiss when he or she catches a player of the opposite sex.
- Collector
- Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
