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School: Esker

Location:
Esker More, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
M. Ní Ghríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0800, Page 229

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  1. Games We Play

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    Games we play.
    Girls
    Tig
    Cat and mouse
    Rabbit and burrow
    Hide and seek
    Blind man's buff
    House
    Horse
    Wallflowers
    Pot hooks and hangers
    Skipping
    Swinging
    High gates
    Fox and geese
    Frog in the middle
    Sallyo
    Boys
    Skittles
    Spy
    Marbles
    Spinning tops
    Frog
    Soldiers and prisoners
    Colours
    Cat
    Hakie
    Football
    Hurling
    Handball
    Cricket
    Donkey (ball)
    In winter sitting round the fire we play hide the button. One sits a button in his hand and closes both hands. He goes to each one and says "Handy go bandy, which hand is it in". All guess. Whoever is wrong gets a slap and the first correct starts the game again.
    Hide the thimble. All leave the room while one hides the thimble. Then
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
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    English