School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche

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   she has one tig.
   Tig .Tig is played like this.one tips another and cries "tig" and so on.
   Marbles,-marbles are very easily played.One of the players makes a lay and he puts a marble into it and the other stands a little bit away from it and fires at the marble.If he fails the other one gets the marble and he is one in on him.
   Tops,- Tops are played on the road with a piece of a stick and a cord.
   Fetching Ball,-this game is played by throwing it with your hand from one person to another.
   There is a special time of the year for playing all these games.Tops are played in Spring and also skipping.marbles in Summer, Tig in Autumn and Hide-and-Go-Seek in Winter.The games we play in the house are "Mitty Mattie" and Blind Man's Buff.We play Mitty Mattie on our fingers and this is what we say ,
   Mitty Mattie had a hen.
   She lays eggs for gentlemen.
   Sometimes one sometimes two,
   Mitty Mattie's little shoe.
   She can gallop ,she can trot,

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peg Mc Donnell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tooreen, Co. Clare