School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)
- Location:
- Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0265, Page 217
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- (continued from previous page)Balls. Balls are made of stockings and rags.
Sea-Saw.
This is a very old game and nearly every family has one. The children get a large stone and put a plank of wood across the stone. Then one child sits up on each side.
Daisy Chains. Every little girl loves to make a daisy chain especially on a sunny day when they can sit out in the fields and gather daisies and catch them all together.
Dishes and Flower Pots. When little children are playing on the sea shore they pass away the time by making dishes and flower pots out of the potter they get on the shore.
Baskets. Hand Baskets are made of rushes.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Charles Fuery
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Cunningham
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 30
- Address
- Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Ardle
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 61
- Address
- Galey, Co. Roscommon
