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1. Games I Play

   

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   Tig
   There is a corner in the yard which is called a den. A crowd of children run to this den to see who will follow them. The last one who comes into the den will follow the rest through the yard, and the last one she catches outside the den will follow the girls again in a second game.
   Black Man
   Two children catch hands and follow the rest and catch them all. Then they catch hands also. The last two are not caught catch hands and do the same in a second game.
   Grass Tig
   All the children run to a place where there is grass, and the last one who comes to it is to watch her chance and leave whoever is caught off the grass to follow the rest in the next game.
   Thinking
   One girl stays in the den and the rest run to the other end of the yard and they all think of some actions. They come back to the den and the girl who is there, has to guess the actions, and if she is right, she follows them back to the other end of the yard, if she catches any of them before they reach the wall she

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Smith

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lismacanigan Upper, Co. Cavan