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1. Skittles (continued)

   

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   where the five small ones are standing. Then he starts to throw the sticks at the ring of small ones. The "ten" is situated in the centre of the ring. He does his best to try and knock out the ten at first. Of course there is a ring made as illustrated and the sticks must be knocked clean out of the ring. If the man playing the game is fairly good he knocks out all the skittles. 101 is generally the game, and there is usually a penny or twopence put on the game. For instance now there were two people playing this game and one of them was 96 and the other 40. The person 96 would only have to get four in order to win the game but the rule is he must get four and no more. If

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   History Edit

   Date

   19 April 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Dómhnall de Buitléir