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School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)

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  1. Games I Play - Chip Chop Cherry

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    One of the games we play at the fireside is Chip, Chop, Cherry,
    You first draw a circle like this and mark numbers all around it.
    The first player begins at the figure one 1 and says this rhyme as as he goes around the circle.
    Chip, Chop, Cherry,
    All the men in Londonderry
    Couldn't climb up the walls
    Of Chip, Chop, Cherry,
    Whichever player the figure stops at, he crosses it out and writes it down in some other part of the paper Then the next player takes his turn, and you keep on till all the numbers are crossed out. Then the players add up their numbers and whoever has the highest is the winner.
    Any number can play it.
    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
    Susie Johnston
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Johnston
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Tipperary