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School: Malahide (B.)

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Malahide, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 155

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    tig have not caught hands when they catch you. You are let out again.
    In winter nights I play draughts or Snakes and Ladders. There is another game I play named marbles. Put down a marble and another boy "pinks" his marble at yours. Keep playing until one boy hits the other's marble three times. Another way of playing is to make a ring. Every player must put a marble in the ring. You must hit the marble out of the ring before you win it. If you hit the marble and it dose not come out of the ring you do
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Grogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Yellow Walls, Co. Dublin