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School: Muine Mór

Location:
Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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    My favourite games are, jumping, Weighing the butter and Selling the Salt, and throwing shoulder stones.
    Jumping is a favourite game among school children. The jump is put up by cutting two branchy rod. Then the branches are cut off leaving a little bit of the branch so as to make the jump high or low as the case may be. Then there is another stick put across in the forks called a cross bar and it is over that stick you have to jump. Sometimes there is a string for a cross bar but if the string is strong you are in danger of getting a bad fall.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim