School: Muff
- Location:
- Muff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Irene Russell
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 192
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- There were a lot of home made toys used here long ago. Some of these toys are still used by the children.
Marbles used to be made from blue clay rounded into the shape of a ball and hardened in the fire.
Skittles were made here from five short sticks and a wooden ball. This was an outdoor game for the Summer. A square was drawn on the ground and a circle in the middle of the square and a stick was set up on its edge at each corner and one in the center. The ball was thrown from a distance of about two yards which was marked with a line. The ball was thrown at the ring three times by each player. If the stick in the middle was knocked down by the ball it was counted as fifty and each of the other four sticks were counted as ten if they were knocked down. Which ever player gets a hundred points first wins the game.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jerry Mc Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardmore, Co. Donegal
