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

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Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhomhnalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 165

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 165

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  1. Games I Play - Mothers (continued)

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    "Where did you go then" "Up to my grandmother when I swept the floor I found a rusty six pence behind the door" and the mother says "What did you do with it" "I bought a rope to tie you" and then the mother beats her with a stick.
    The other girls say the same thing as the first has said. Then she puts them to bed.
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  2. Games I Play - The Cat and the Rat

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    "The cat and the rat" is a very common game which is played often by the children in school. Here is the way it is played.
    You form a ring and the rat goes into the centre of the ring and the cat goes outside the ring. Then the rat says "I am a rat" then the cat says "I am a cat." Then the rat says "You could not catch me" then the cat says "I could". Then the cat makes one
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maighread Walsh
    Gender
    Female