School: Broca
- Location:
- Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gallchobhair
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- Games I PlayGames I PlayI play a lot of games, such as, football, rounders, hares and hounds, and tig.
Rounders is played with two sides one of them standing in a place called the town. The players in the town will be thrown the ball, and they have to hit it as far as they can. Around the circle their opponents are standing ready to stop the ball. In the field there are marked places called stations. To gain a rounder the person that hits the ball has to run round the stations. If he is hit while running around he is out of the game. If he wants to get in again a rounder will bring him in.
The whole side has to come out(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Robert Clancy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenfarne, Co. Leitrim
