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School: Urblereagh

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Urbalreagh, Co. Donegal
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M. D. Quigley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 248

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  1. Caman

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    About forty or fifty years ago Caman was a favourite game of the Irish people.
    Caman resembled to a great extent the present game of hurling only that the sticks were not the same and as many as wished could take part in a game of Caman while only fifteen or seventeen at the most can take part in a game of hurling.
    Caman was played with sticks and a little wooden ball called a nagg.
    The sapplings with which the sticks were made were got in abundance in Goery Rocks, a place near the little village of Malin. The best kind of sapplings was hazel. The straight saplings were put into a pot of boiling chaff and let boil until they were able to be slightly turned. Then they were taken out and turned in the shape of a half circle. After the stiffened they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary B. Mc Daid
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Malin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Daniel Mc Daid
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Malin, Co. Donegal