School: Baile Nua, Baile Mhic Cairbre
- Location:
- Clonanav, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill
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- The games I play are
Hide and Seek
Spinning Tops
Pitching Buttons
Playing Marbles
Leap the Frog
Football
Skittles
Hunting the Fox
Tog o' War1. To play Hide and Seek there must be at least five or six boys. They all stand against a wall while one boy says a rhyme. For each word he says he points to a boy an whoever the last word falls on he has to hunt. He faces the wall and closes his eyes while the other boys are gone to hide. When they are ahide they cry 'whoop'. Then the seeker tries to find them and catch some of them before they reach 'bar'. If he catches one or two before they reach bar they must hunt next time, but if they all reach bar safely the same boy must hunt again.2. There should be about four or more pitching buttons. We first put a stone on the ground. The stone is small and id called a bob. We then stand ten or twelve feet from the stone and pitch the buttons. We throw two(continues on next page)
