School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)

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1. Sally, Sally, Water (Game) (continued)

   

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   Then the girl, who was standing in the centre of the ring at the beginning of the game, leaves and joins the circle, while the other girl remains inside and then the game starts over again.

   

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2. High Gates (Game)

   

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   This is another very common game. Any number of children may take part in it. All catch hands and stand round in a circle except one girl. She has to count the children forming the circle until she reaches twenty.
   Then the child who is twenty must hunt the "counter" The children in the circle hold up their clasped hands as high as possible and the two runners pass in and out under them. The chase continues until the "counter" is caught. When this happens she must hunt the other girl and when she succeeds in catching her the "counter" goes out and joins the circle and the other girl becomes the new "counter". Then the game proceeds as before.

   

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora May Linehan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Banteer, Co. Cork