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School: Nutgrove (roll number 10126)

Location:
Mullagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Emily Ní Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 392

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  1. The Games I Play - Frog in the Middle

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    "Frog in the middle" is played by a number of children who stand in a circle and one girl stands in the middle. She must keep hopping until she catches some girl in the circle and the she catches must then be the frog, the game is continued in this manner.
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  2. The Games I Play - Colours

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    The following is how "Colours" is played. Two children one named "The Devil", and the other "The Angel" stand one at the right side and the other at the left side of a group of children. One child then goes around and gives each child a different colour, and when the children have got their colours the "Devil" and the "Angel" call out any colours they can think of, and if any one of the children has the colour which the "Devil" or the "Angel" call out, she must go to the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newbridge, Co. Limerick