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School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)

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An Drom Mór, Co. Chorcaí
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M. Uí Uallaighe
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  1. Composition - Games I Play

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    Every season has its own games. In spring I play skipping, marbles, houses. In summer I play picky, and draughts. In Autumn I play nut-cracking. In winter we play hunting. Any number of people can play skipping, you get a rope and two people wind the rope and the others skip.
    To play marbles you dig a hole in the earth and draw a line about two yards away from it and one person at a time throws the marbles at the
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    1. gníomhaíochtaí
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    Ellen Dineen
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