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School: Ballykelly

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Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 301

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    and try to catch them. When we are playing. When I am whipping a top I get a whip and I buy a spinning top. I put the top spinning and flog it with the whip.
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    Rounders.
    Witch in the well.
    Hide the button.
    Frog in the middle.
    Fox and goose.
    Billy four corners.
    Stoop tig.
    Rounders are played by boys. Two teams play with an equal number on each team. The stones are placed in a ring. The team which is in first one of the player's must hit out the ball. When the ball is hit the ball must go down the field and the boy who hit it must run round the stones. If one of the player's
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Cooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Wexford