Salmon Scramble
A good storyteller knows how to tell the story in the right order. See if you can unscramble these sentences about the Salmon of Knowledge story (answers at the bottom):
1) men in wisest Finneagas was one Ireland of the
2) salmon of Finneagas knowledge caught the
3) his thumb Fionn the salmon burned on
4) before tasted fish Fionn the Finneagas
5) wisest man in Fionn the became Ireland
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Go Fish
Here's a very popular card game, for 2 or more players and all you need is a regular deck of cards, and a pen and paper to keep score.
How to play:
1) 5 cards are dealt (face down) to each player.
2) The remaining cards are in a messy pile, face down between the players. Players hold their cards so they are able to see them, but no one else can.
3) Before starting the game, all of the players put any pairs they happen to have in their hand down and earn a point for each pair.
4) Starting with the youngest player, the player asks one of the other players, "Do you have a ____" The card requested should be one the player has in their hand already.
5) If the opponent has the card, they must give it to the player who earns a point for making a match. If the opponent does not have the card, they say "GO FISH!"
6) The player "goes fishing" by picking up a single card from the messed up, face-down pile of cards. If they make a pair, they place it down and earn a point.
7) If a player runs out of cards, they pick five from the messed up pile.
8) The game is won by the person with the most points when all the cards are gone.
Fishy Funnies
What did the shark say after eating a clown fish? That tastes a little funny.
Why don't fish like football? They’re scared of the net.
What do sea monsters eat? Fish and Ships!
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[Salmon Scramble Answers: Finneagas was one of the wisest men in Ireland / Finneagas caught the salmon of knowledge / Fionn burned his thumb on the salmon / Fionn tasted the fish before Finneagas / Fionn became the wisest man in Ireland]
