School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 194
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- Collector
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Henry Keely
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Greagh, Co. Monaghan
- A sling was made out of one piece of board. There was a split in the top of it. You could put a stone in it and swing round and the stone would go very far.
The people used to play cat and dog. They would have a short stick for the cat and a long one for the dog. They would put the short stick on a stool or on a very big stone and hit it with the big stick. They would measure it how far would the cat go.
[Got from Henry Keely, 33, farmer, Greagh]The old people used to play donkey. There could be as many as you liked. If you let the ball six times, you would(continues on next page)
