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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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  1. The Games I Play

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    The games played in summer are outdoor games. We play the Fox and Chickens. All join in a ring and the first one will be mother. Then one of them will be catching all the chickens. We play Twenty Four all join round in a ring and one in the middle and who ever Twenty Four will fall on have to follow her. Another game we play is the Cat and the Mouse one stands in the middle and two go each side and one follows the other.
    We also play indoor games around the five on a Winter's night. We all put our feet at the fire and someone
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Gacquin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muckloon, Co. Galway