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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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    "Cows, calves, ewes and lambs"
    We used to play this game in the ashes, on Winter nights, when I was a child, 85 years ago.
    We made the ashes level with a tongs - it had a round knobby head. We made 16 holes with the round head in the ashes like this
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    The player tells one of us to choose a hole. He does so.
    Pointing to the first line of holes, from left to right, the player says "Cows" He points to the second row similarly and says "Calves"; to the 3rd
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Hunt
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim