School: Hollyfort (roll number 12523)
- Location:
- Hollyfort, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mabel Vaughan
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- We often play a game called Green Gravel and this is what we sing -Green gravel, green gravel
The grass is so tall
All the fair ladies are fit to
be seen
Wash them in milk and
dry them in silk
He wrote me a letter saying
Turn round your back Then each person turns around their back.There are a lot of games which we play such as Nuts In May, Oranges And Lemons, Winking, Blackman The King Of Rifles, Hide-and-go-seek, and Little Dog at Home. In the Summer we play Oranges And Lemons, Pots Of Jam and Colours. also we play different games in the Winter, when the days are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- George Bass
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
