School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)

Location:
Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 125

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  3. XML “Fairy Forts”
  4. XML “The Famine”
  5. XML “Games I Play”

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
      2. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    4. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    5. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Séaghach
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Jimmie Henry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
  2. I play Button times, Colours, Spinning tops, Handball, I own "Hide-and-Seek",and Hunt the Hare"
    Buttons
    All the people stand and one person goes round to everyone and gives to someone the button. Then he goes round and asks the people who has the button and if they do not know they will get a slap.
    Time's
    Two persons give out the time . the rest have to guess the time and whoever
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