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 153

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 153

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  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis
  2. XML Page 153
  3. XML “Games I Play - See This Pretty Little Girl of Mine”
  4. XML “Games I Play - Pop Goes the Weasel”

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  2. This game is played by the following manner. The children get into rings and one child gets into the middle of each ring and another one stands out side; the game begins. The child in the middle of each ring is supposed to be a weasel, and the one standing out is supposed to be the "middle man". The middle man is to try and get into the middle of the ring and the following conversation is carried on by the children. "A penny for a cotton ball, a half penny for a needle, that's the way the money goes, and
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