School: Ardee (Mercy Convent) (roll number 8445)
- Location:
- Ardee, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr M. Angel
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- (continued from previous page)then asks for a colour and if anyone has that colour he goes with the angel.
The game is played until all the children are gone. Then they see who goes with the angel and who goes with the devil.
Mary McDonnell,
Black Ridge,
Ardee. - A number of children get seated in a circle. One of them has a button. She keeps the button in her fist. She pretends to give it to every player, but she gives to a certain child without the others knowledge.
She then goes round and asks each player who got the button and whoever guesses wrong gets a slap. Whoever gets the button stands opposite the other player. The first player repeats these words. "Give me a loan of the kettle give me a loan of the pan and follow me round this way as fast as ever you can. If the second player does not catch the first before twenty is counted the first remains leader and begins the game again. If the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maureen Mc Guiness
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glebe, Co. Louth