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School: Faythe (roll number 11361)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 024

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 024

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  1. Four Corners (continued)

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    and she has to stand in the middle of the square and watch the girls changing places.
    She tries to get into one of the corners. If she succeeds the girl of the corner must be the fool of the square.
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  2. Who Has the Button

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    "Who has the button" can be played by any number of children. This game is usually played indoors. It is played in the following way.
    One person is selected to give out the button and all the others sit round her in a ring with both hands out, partly closed together.
    Then she joins her own hands with the button between them and puts her hands into each child's hands and gives the button to whoever she pleases.
    She then asks some one, "Who has the button?", and if the child gives one wrong guess she gets a slap. The person named is now asked if she
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen T. Clancy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford