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School: Bailieboro (C.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1011, Page 205

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  1. Games I Play - Hopscotch (continued)

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    bed it falls in, you but it, and it is called your bed. The next girl cannot walk in your bed. She has to hop over it, and you can out your two feet in your own bed. When you buy three beds you have the game, and you start all over again.
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  2. Games I Play - French Tig

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    You line up against a wall and give out a rhyme such as
    Hittle, hottle
    Porter bottle
    Out Jumps cork."
    Who ever "cork" falls on is out, and so on until one girl is left. This one is the tigger. All the rest run out and you count about ten. Then the tigger runs out and tries to tig them. Whatever place you tig the person, she has to keep her hand there. Then that person
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peggy Sheridan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corkish, Co. Cavan