School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile

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1. Games I Play (continued)

   

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   Four Corners:- Four girls stand at four corners and one girl called the "fool" stands in the middle and the four girls change from one corner to another and the "fool" in the middle tries to get a corner while they are moving and whoever loses the corner is the "fool"
   Blind-Mans-Bluff:- A person puts a scarf around her eyes and tries to catch somebody else, and when she has one caught that person has to put the scarf around her eyes and she in her turn tries to catch someone else.
   Races:- A row of girls stand in a straight line and they all start racing together and whoever is the first to a certain place has won the game.
   Jack-stone:- I get two stones and I peg one of them up with the right hand and catch that stone with my left hand when it is coming down, and while I am catching that stone I peg the other stone up and I catch it also when it is coming down and I continue that.
   Guess Games:- A row of girls stand in a line and one girl stands out in front of them with her back to them with a ball in her hand, then she throws the ball over her shoulder and some girls gets it and keeps it in her hand behind her back, then the girl turns back and guesses who has the ball.
   Witch-in-the-well :- One girl stoops down and pretends to be a "witch" and another girl the mother, and the rest of the girls are the children

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   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
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   English

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   Pheny Power

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