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School: Gormanstown, Árd Fhíonáin (roll number 5615)

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Gormanstown, Co. Tipperary
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Peadar de Mhóiréis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 486

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    Games
    The girls of Gormanstown district usually play the following games:-
    Trance
    Hide and go seek
    Fox and chickens
    High Gates
    Orange and lemon
    Sally, Sally Water
    Tig
    Rounders
    Breaking Bottles
    Hop-Scotch
    Green Gravel
    Blind Man's Bluff
    Ring a Rosy
    Draw Bucket of Water
    Swing Swong
    Colours
    Skipping
    Sally Sally Water. Any number of girls can play this game. All the girls stand around in a ring with hands joined. One girl stands in the middle of the circle. The girls in the ring
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Clutterbuck
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr S. Clutterbuck
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilgrogy More, Co. Tipperary