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1. Games We Play - Ghost in the Garden (continued)

   

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   the ghost. The ghost goes into the garden and the mother gets all her children in a line behind her, she sends one of the children to the garden for a head of cabbage. The ghost chases her out. The mother and children go into the garden and she says to the ghost,
   "What are you doing here" and the ghost answers "Picking pins and needles"
   "What do you want with the needles"
   "To sew sacks"
   "What do you want with the sacks"
   "To gather sand"
   "What do you want with the sand"
   "To sharpen my knife"
   What do you want with a knife"
   "To cut the head off you and your children."
   The ghost then chases the children and the mother tries to save them.

   

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2. Games We Play - Three Men Went to Work

   

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   First I make two lines across the road then I put up a stick for a winning post. I gather my companions together to start the game. Three of us go off and thinks of a certain work then we come back

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Frank Murray

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13