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School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)

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Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. O' Donovan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 227

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    The games that are generally played around my home are, hide and go seek, finding the thimble, and marbles.
    These games are not all played at the same time of the year. The marbles are played during the summer time because the ground is dry. Finding the thimble is played during the Winter. It is a house game, some one of the crowd hides the thimble and the rest try to find it.
    When hide and go seek is playing, a number of boys gather in a certain field, then a den is got where the boys are hiding. Which ever boy is caught hiding, he is out for the next time.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Aghalattafraal, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    F. Mac Evoy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan