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School: Ballyboghill

Location:
Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
P.J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 377

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 377

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  1. Local Forge (continued)

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    ploughs, harrows, spades and shovels. He also shoes cart wheels. He works in the forge from eight o'clock in the morning until six at night.
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  2. Games I Play

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    I play hurling, spy, marbles,Tipping Tig. Fox amd turkey, Hell Heaven and Purgatory, Miles Jew Miles John, Frog in the well, Old Rogers is dead, Sitting tig, and sure and sure you have the button.
    Any number of children can play spy. All except one must hide in different places and then this one stays at a special place called the den and counts up to one hundred loudly. BY this time the players are all hidden and the spy after counting a hundred must look for them.
    When he spies one
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Janie Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bettyville, Co. Dublin