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School: Ballinagh (C.)

Location:
Bellananagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ní Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 134

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    Summer is the time of all the sports and pastimes. There are many kinds of games which we all like to play, but the game I like best is Hide-and-go-seek.
    To play this game a crowd of children are needed, they all go away except one and find a hiding place while the remaining one hides her face so that she will not know where the others have gone. After a while she goes out looking for them and whoever is caught first must hide her face next time.
    Another interesting game is "Johnny was dead and alive in his grave" to play this a crowd of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna M. Nesdale
    Gender
    Female