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School: Gleann Coirib (roll number 6763)

Location:
Glencorrib, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Hargadáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 317

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    I play games such as "marks" and "hares and hounds". "Marks" :- Two boys go off each having a pocket full of bits of papers. Then they go into a wood and drop bits of papers as they go along.
    After a while the pursuers go on the track scenting the "marks". As soon as the pursuers get the scent they follow the bits of papers buts the pursued fool them. They go back again by the way they came and hide until the pursuers go by and then they screech out "tally-ho" and run back to where they started from followed by their comrades.
    "Hares and hounds" :- That game is much the same as "marks" except there are no papers and the hares have to hide within a limited area. They have a little house into
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Noone
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bunnafollistran, Co. Mayo