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    18th November 1937
    Games I play
    The games I play are skipping, swinging, blind mans buff, handball, hiding and gathering nuts. In autumn I amuse myself gathering blackberries. Skipping is played by two girls holding a rope at each side and winding it. Then another girl runs into the centre of the rope and skips.
    Swinging is played by tying a rope to the branches of two trees and a rope to tied to one side of the swing to pull the person who is swinging backwards and forwards. There is a cushion placed in the centre of the swing for the person who is swinging to sit on.
    Blind mans buff is played by a person putting a blind on his or her eyes and running after the others to catch them. Whoever is caught
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Magorry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cullies, Co. Cavan