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School: Ballinacliffy

Location:
Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 171

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  1. Games We Play

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    We play a lot of games namely Tig, Ghost in the Garden, and Tug-of-war. This is the way we play Tig P-i-g "Pig" you have the tig E,- D, Dout you are just out, and whosoever out falls on is out. Then we say these words again and a child goes out every time till we come to the last one and the one who is last has the Tig. We play Ghost in the Garden in this way. One child is to be the mother and send the other children down to the garden and they come back and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Rushe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tonagh, Co. Westmeath