School: Ballyhaise (2)
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 172
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- The games I play depend on the weather, and the time of the year.
At school on a fine day we play the following games:- Ball, Hide and Seek, Swinging, Oranges and Lemons, Colours, The-Ghost-in-The-Garden, A-Ring, Rays-and-Rabbits,Tig, Skipping, The-Good-Angel and the-Bad Angel, Tug-of-war, Three-Legged-Race, Roasted-Chicken, A Tumbled-Down-House, Two-Golly-Welsh-Men, Statues, French-Tig.
If it is raining heavily, and we remain indoors, we amuse our-selves by playing :- Hide-The-Thimble, Rush-Corners, Tick-Tack-Toe, Boxes, Stations, Buzz, "Birds-Beast-Fish-Flowers," "Father-Mother-Brither-Sister," "O'Grady's Drill.
At our Christmas parties we play lots of games :- Jolly-Miller," Musical Chairs, "Blind-Man's buff. and guessing games.
In Spring I amuse myself by looking for bird's nests and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Seaman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossreagh, Co. Cavan
