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School: Naomh Aicnidh (roll number 1573)

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Ristéard Ó hAoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 067

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    Hide Gooly.
    A whole crowd of boys sit round the fire, and one of the m goes about with a piece of clod and says hide the gooly, and who ever gueses who had it goes on then.
    Blindstand.
    A person ties a cloth on his eyes, and goes round after a crowd of boys, and who ever he catches goes on next.
    Spinieginny.
    A spool cut in two haves, and a stick put in the hole of it. Then spin it on the floor.
    Te Fotem
    A stick cut in a square shape and a hole put (throo) through the middle with the letters button wrote on it. Then the boys beat on it and what ever it falls at
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Rose Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Donegal