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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. Composition - Games I Play

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    Football and hurling are played nowadays. There are other games played also. Blind-man's buff is played on winter nights. One boy in the house puts a blind on his eyes and then he tries to catch the other boys. Another game which can be played at all times of the years is four-corner-fool. Five stones are left in a field. Four boys stand on four stones and one stands on the middle stone. The boy on the middle stone is called the fool. Then the boys run from stone to stone and the fool tries to get in. Boys amuse themselves well in
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Roscommon