School: Carrowbawn, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Carrowbaun, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghadhnair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588, Page 138
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- (continued from previous page)down to the Well, the Wolf follows them and whoever he catches has to act as Wolf the next time. This game lasts for a long time until the children are well tired.
Another popular game is "Corners" and this is how it is played. Four corners are made and a child stands in each and one stands in the middle and represents a fool. The children in the corners give a signal to each other and they change places and while they are doing so the fool tries to get into an empty corner and if he succeeds in doing so the child who is left without a corner has to be the fool.
Another very popular game especially with boys is "Hide and go seek" and this is how it is played. A number of children go and hide and one covers his eyes while they are hiding. The children when they are hidden they say "cú" and the other boy goes and looks for them and whoever he catches first has to go and seek the others, and so on till they are all found.
- Collector
- Teresa Courtney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
