School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)
- Location:
- Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
- Teachers: M. Brighid Bean Uí Draoighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 462
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This is the way to play it. First, all the children spread out and form a big ring, until they are an equal amount of yards away from each other. Then, one of the children gets the ball and throws it to the child next to her. They go on like that until someone misses the ball.
Then there are "D". If someome else misses the ball, they have the same punishment as the others and so on until "Y" is reached.SKITTLESThere is a game that we play called Skittles there are five blocks and three long sticks. The blocks are numbered and you fire the long sticks at them. What ever you get each time you add them up. That is how you play that game.
There is a game called Tig. You count seven and who ever it falls on has the tig some children play around walls and who ever got hit has the tig. Then they follow some other person until they hit them.(continues on next page)
