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School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)

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Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 222

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    toss up the money. If head comes down he wins the money but if harp comes down another boy tosses them up and so on till they head them.
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  2. Games I Play

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    The following are the games I play (hurr) hurling, football, handball, four corners, cat, hopscotch, tig, (a) cards, rounders, blind man's buff, skittles, and (titch) pitch and toss.
    (Foun) Four corners can be played with five persons. You make four corners and one stands at each corner and one in the middle. The person in the middle (is called the fool in the middle) is
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath