School: Áth Eascrach Cuain (roll number 11975/4094)

Location:
Ahascragh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire Nic Annaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0044, Page 0181

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  1. The children in the district of Ahascragh play a lot of games, but long ago the people in this district used not any games because they used to be always be at work, and they used not got to school at all.
    In this district we play a lot of outdoor games. The games the girls play are bars, fat chicken, fish in the pan, hide and seek, the farmer is in his den, cricket and many others. While the boys play football, hurling, they also flog tops in the streets.
    The usual way we play bars is one girl goes a certain distance from the rest
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Mountain, Co. Galway