School: Richmond (roll number 14400)

Location:
Richmond, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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  1. The games I play are ball playing, card playing, car p, spinning top, Jumping with asses, flogging top, hunting rabbits and hares, fast in the middle. Every Sunday myself and Jack Lynn go jumping with asses.
    One boy draws a circle in the school yard with a chalk. Every boy nearly has a top going to school.
    Every boy tries to spin his inside in the circle. Any boy that does not spin it inside the circle must leave down his top first. Every boy tries to hit that top with their own top. That game is called glass. On the mail car road you would see boys
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Herbert
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo