School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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- (continued from previous page)same thing. Then when we are all out except one girl, She has to get two colours. Whoever guesses the right colour gets her. Then the girl that gives out the colours does not pull but the "Devil" and the "Angel" do. Then we pull tug a' war and if they are not able to pull one another it is a draw.
- One of the girls gets hold of anothers hands and swings her & whatever place she is left she must stay like that. Then she swings them all and tickles them under the chin and whoever does not laugh gives them out next time.
- Two girls gets forfeits and then all the rest have one's also but they haven't to be the same. One of the girls says "Here's a forfeit and a very find forfeit what's the owner of this forfeit to do." And whatever the other girl tells her to do she must do it.
