School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 318
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- Games I play
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The games I play are. "Tig" "Hide and Seek" "Colours" "Birds; Frog in the Well," and "Blind Man's Buff".
Frog in the Well.
When playing "Frog in the Will we join hands and form a circle, and one child goes into the centre, then we jump around in a circle saying "Frog in the well and can't get out," then the 'frog' picks our someone and says their name, and they must be the frog then.
"Bling man's Buff"
When playing "Bling man's Buff" we tie a handkerchief around one child's eyes, and we run around, and pull at her and tease her. She tries to catch someone and if she succeeds the person caught must be blindfolded.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Cunneen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Lisclogher Great, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- K. Cunneen
- Address
- Lisclogher Great, Co. Westmeath
