School: Carrigans (C.)

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1. Games I Play (continued)

   

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   from the fox who is before her. When the fox catches two chickens one is the mother and the other is the fox. For "Ghost in the Well" one person goes to a supposed well and lies in it and the mother sends her children to the well. They come back two successive times and say there is a ghost in the well but she sends them a third time. When they come back the third time they are short one and they say the ghost pulled her into the well. Then the mother hides them in corners and goes to rescue the lost one. When she goes to the well she takes out the child and says to the ghost, "What did you want with the needle?" and he says "To sew a sack" and he says "To carry sand" and she says "What do you want with the sand" and he replies "To sharpen a knife." Then she says "What do you want with the knife" and he replies "To cut you and your children's throat." After that he searches for the ones who are hidden and when he finds them he pretends to cut their throat with his knife. "Colours" are played by two people standing out to call another to give the colours and the rest to wait until they get their colours. When a colour is called the person who bears the colour stands behind the caller. When all the colours

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rose Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Urbal, Co. Cavan