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School: Dún Béicín (roll number 14822)

Location:
Doonbeakin, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire Nic Giolla Geanainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0167, Page 0686

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    Games I play
    The names of the games I play are "Rookum Rockum Paddy Follum, Bug and pulling ten men into nine beds and the role of contrariness and bocar Glaus.
    I play Rookum Rockum Paddy Follum in the following way First I point out three red coals in the fire giving each of them a name. One Rookum another Rockum and the third Paddy Follum Then I blacken my hand unaw are of those who are looking on and put it on the person's eyes that I am (planing) playing the game with Then I take my hand off the person's eye and ask him to show me "Paddy Follum" and course his face is black and all start to laugh and say he is "Paddy Follum" himself.
    I put ten men into nine
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Dunleavy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunowla, Co. Sligo