School: Baile an Daingin (B) (roll number 1676)
- Location:
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus P. Ó Gríobhtha
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- (continued from previous page)jump him. They would keep jumping one an other for a long time.
Boxeens Is played by two persons. They would draw about forty eight dots on a piece of paper They would draw a stroke from one dot to an other. They would keep on drawing strokes until they would have finished making boxeens. The one that would have the most boxeens made would have the game won. The boxeens that they would make would be like squares.
[?] Is a fireside game Any number of persons play it. They would sit down on the hearth around the fire and would stretch out their feet. One of them would say [?] frog. He would keep on saying that until they would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Rhatigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrownurlaur, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Rhatigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Carrownurlaur, Co. Galway
