School: Uachtar Árd (roll number 4786)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M. S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 236

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 236

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  1. There is nothing children like better than playing games. These are the games we play in Oughterard.
    Jack Stones
    Four corner Fool
    Hide and Seek
    Fox and Geese
    We amuse ourselves on a rainy day by making paper boats, making dools out of chestnuts, making animals of potatoes and by making photo frames out of card board.
    Boys makes tops. of spools and cradle-birds for catching birds out of Sally switches. They make catapult for killing birds. They also make snares for catching rabits and hares out of thin wire.
    Siubhán Nic Fhlannchadha
    Uachtarárd
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Siubhán Ní Fhlannchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway
  2. On May Day people put up May Pole. May Pole is the tree known as Mountain Ash. It is pulled on the last day of
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