Volume: CBÉ 0190

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1. Childrens' Games - Taws (continued)

   

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   two boys come in the direction of the hole again and this time they succeed in getting in. The last man however has a hard job trying to get into the hole for the other two are watching him. When the three boys have got the first hole they fire on the direction of the second hole and the same game goes on there as went on at the second hole. All three holes must be got three times. The first man who gets the last hole he has the winning shot, so when he gets the the first hole he does his best to hit the other two in and if he succeeds in doing so he wins the game.
   Sometimes more boys will play the game. They will play "partners" Three twos, or two threes. One of the

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   History Edit

   Date

   19 April 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Dómhnall de Buitléir