School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis (roll number 7315)

Location:
Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhomhnalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 150

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 150

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  3. XML “Games I Play - Climb the Mountains, One, Two, Three”
  4. XML “Games I Play - Hickey”

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    girls hold hands because they are two that must break off.
    When the children are going around they repeat a rhyme such as "Climb the mountains one, two, three, Climb the mountains one, two, three. Then the two big girls break off and they go backwards and meet and they hold hands again and repeat the rhyme again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Hickey is a game which any number of children may play. It could be played on the road or on a clean flag.
    Six squares must be made with chalk fairly big, and they must be marked, one, two, three, four, five and six. Each player must have a small piece of slate and put it at the edge and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.