School: Marlfield, Cluain Meala
- Location:
- Marlfield, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mary E. Skally
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- (continued from previous page)same untill everyone gets a chance at guessing. Then the game is finished.
There are certain times of the year for playing these games. In Spring we play. "Shipping" "Here we come gathering Nuts in May" "All around the mulbery bush" and "Ring-a Ring-a Rosy" In the Summer we play "Hide and go seek" Robbers and See-saw In the Autumn we play "Tig" "Tig sid down" "Tig poison" "French Tig" and Indians. In the Winter we play "Blind man's Buff" "Hide the tone" "Colours" "guessinf numbers" "Thady shovel the corn" and "Jack is alive and alive still"
