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

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    "Colours" are played with any number of persons each has a different colour and the one that give them stands in front of the line and the other two are called good and bad angels. Back one comes on turns to the one that gives out the colours and she asks who is there. The bad angel says "the devil with his long tail", and the good angel says the angel with his banner. Then they ask for some colour if that colour is in the game the person that has it goes with the good or bad angel as the colour shows. When everyone is gone both sides play tug-o-war and which
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maree O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creeharmore, Co. Roscommon