School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)
- Location:
- Stormanstown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 045
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- (continued from previous page)everybody hit. Then he is to hit the ball into the ring.
- To make the buck we get a piece of stick about four inches long and point it at both ends. Then we get a stick about two feet long with which to hit the buck.
We make a ring on the ground and about six feet from it we have "footings", that is a line drawn behind which we stand.
The game can be played single-handed, that is every boy playing for himself, or by partners, that is, two boys, playing as if there were only one. Therefore if twelve boys in the game were playing partners there would be six teams.
The players pitch the buck(continues on next page) - Collector
- Seán Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cardistown, Co. Louth
