School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)

Location:
Stormanstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 059

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 059

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  3. XML “Local Games - Catch”
  4. XML “Local Games - The Fox and the Chickens”

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  2. This game is played thus. First a number of girls, eleven or twelve, gather together. Two girls A, and B, are chosen, one to be the mother and the other to be the fox. The remaining girls go behind the mother. The fox comes and says, "I want a knife". The mother asks, "What do you want the knife for"? The fox answers, "I want to eat some
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