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School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)

Location:
Ganty, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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    The games we play are Blind-man's Buff, The Picnic, and Four corner Fool. There are various times of the year when we play certain games.
    On November night we hang an apple from the ceiling and someone ties our hands behind our backs. When then try to catch the apple with our mouths and who ever would, could have the apple. We also put an apple in a tub of water and try to take it up by putting our heads into the tub to catch it in our mouths. We wet our
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madge Uniacke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lissalondoon, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Paddy Buckley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garracloon, Co. Galway