School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 06_018

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  1. The games I play and like best are twenty four. One child stands in the middle and counts on every one until she counts twenty four and the one twenty four is left one that child has to follow. Another game I like to play is the game on the toes. All put out feet and one person says the rhyme - Airl wairl embol lough 5 miles at ten o'clock, I sat, I sunk, I early sprunk. The little white dog his mouth is cut for that same reason pull in that foot. I also
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lena Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Torpan More, Co. Roscommon