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School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

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Milltown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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  1. Folklore - Local Place Names (continued)

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    seen now. It is about one thousand years old, and it is on a man's farm, and the (p) man ploughed it and nothing would grow in it. Once he ploughed it again and the next morning he got up and the field was as if it had never been ploughed.
    I got this information from my father
    (Age 45 years) Edward Reddy
    Miltown Droichead Nua
    Co. Kildare
    Signed:- James Reddy
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  2. Folklore - The Games I Play

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    The Games I Play
    1. Tig
    2. Hide and seek
    3. Chucky four Corners
    4. Hide the Thimble
    5. Colours
    6. Yes . I . and No.
    7. Dan Dan thread the needle
    (1) When we are playing "tig", someone has to give it out, by saying "P. I-G pig, you have the tig," and whoever the word tig comes upon, will have to follow the rest, and try and touch someone else, and whoever she touches must have the "tig" and so on.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nell Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hawkfield, Co. Kildare