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    The following are the games we play in Spring.
    Games How to play them.
    Skipping. When we are skipping we say the alphabet and the letter we stop at is the first initial of the girl we will marry. Then we say the alphabet again to find out her second name.
    After that we say will she marry me,
    "Yes, No,
    Yes, No,"
    in order to find out whether she will marry me, or not,
    Then, sometimes we say ,
    "A tinker,
    (continues on next page)
    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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Briain
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarriff, Co. Clare