School: An Bóthar Buí (B.), Áth Treasna (roll number 16396)
- Location:
- An Bóthar Buí, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 136
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- (1) Fox and Goose
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A Cross stood for the Fox and O for the Goose. Whoever won the toss placed a fox in any of the nine spaces. The opponent then placed a goose in the space he considered most suitable to prevent his opponent from being in a position of getting 3 foxes in a straight line - either across, or down, or from corner to corner; at the same time endeavouring to get his own three geese in a straight line before his opponent. The player who gets his three in a straight line first wins the game. (2) "Thaws". (The word was always sounded as I have spelled it). This game could be played by two, three, four or even more persons.
A "thaw" was a flat stone about this size and could be any shape but usually as near square as could be found. It was about quarter of an inch thick.
The players made a circle on the ground from two to three feet in diameter. Each placed a
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- Collector
- John Galvin
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- An tOileán Breac, Co. Chorcaí
