School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)

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1. Games - Grandmother (continued)

   

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   a minute. Grandmother: -shouts “Dingle! Dingle! Grandchildren: - “I don’t hear you.” Grandmother: -louder “Dingle, Dingle” Grandchildren: - “I don’t hear you.” Grandmother: - “Where are your manner?” Grandchildren: - “Below in our shoes.” Grandmother: - “Where are your shoes?” Grandchildren: - “Up on the top of shelf.” Grandmother: - “How will I get up.” Grandchildren: - “with broken chairs and stools” Grandmother: - “and if I fall.” Grandchildren: - “Sorra (Sorrow) much loss” Then grandmother jumps down off the wall and follows the others. The first one she will be grandmother next time.

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2. Games - Tig

   

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   Any number of children may play this game. They all stand in a row. The oldest child stands out and says. “My old grandfather had a shoe how many mails did he put through.” At each word she says she points to a child and the last one she points to says a number for example nine

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