School: Urbal (roll number 13874)
- Location:
- Urbal, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gerald Kelliher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 496
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- (continued from previous page)would be scraping little bits of ashes around the straw (which stuck in the ashes) In the long run, some person would toss it. Then the others would tell him that he would die first.
- Trom, trom. Goidé seo ar do cheann?A Dallóg used be put on some person's eyes. Something used be place on his head, then. Some person used say to him "Trom, trom goidé seo ar do cheann?" He'd have to guess and probably wouldn't guess right. Some other article used be put on his head, then. He'd guess again. The person used have to keep on guessing till he'd guess the right article. And so the game was continued with other boys in the company.
- A number of boys used sit in a ring in the midde of the floor. One boy used to be in the centre. The boys in the ring, used have a short súgán. One of the boys in(continues on next page)
