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School: Conaithe an Aonaigh

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Conna, Co. Cork
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 026

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    the rest and to throw back the ball and who ever gets the ball is to put it behind their back and then she should call queeney. Then the person should turn around and name the person who has the ball and if it is the wrong person is named the person who has the ball is to go up with the ball and continue playing.
    Blind man's buff which is an indoor game is played by all children in the long winter nights, it it played by tying a handkerchief around a persons eyes and then the rest are to go ahide in some corner of the kitchen and the person who is blindfolded is to go and search for the people who are gone ahide and who ever he finds first should then be blindfolded.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockmourne, Co. Cork