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School: Tulach Chromán (roll number 1256)

Location:
Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Mrs. Brennan
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    has to play the blind man.
    In winter the boys and girls make snowmen,fire snowballs at one another and slide on the ice.
    Tig is played at all times of the year.A rhyme is given out in which there is a word for every one of the players and whoever the last word falls on has the tig.
    Another game played in the summer is "Hound and hare".One boy goes as hare and the rest follow as hounds.
    Marbles is played in the spring.
    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
    Leo Magee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan