School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs B. Farrelly
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- A game I play is Witch in the Well. Some child is the witch and another is the mother, and the rest are children. The witch sits at the well. The mother sends one of the children to the well for a gallon of water. The child goes and the witch chases her home.
The child goes home and says to the mother. "There is a witch in the well." The mother says, "It is only the tail of your father's shirt, and she sends another of the children with her and they come back and says the same.
This is continued till all the children have gone to the well and are back. In the end the mother says she will(continues on next page)
