School: Druim Bréan Lios (roll number 15029)

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1. Games Played by Children in this Neighbourhood (continued)

   

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   bird on each one in the class. The children put down their heads, while another child stands out before the namer.
   The namer says of all the birds in the air pick me out the "sparrow". If she points out the child who is called sparrow that child has to stand beside her. If she is wrong the child goes with the name and so on till the class is disposed of. Then both sides pull to see which will bring the other across a certain line.
   "Jack stones" is played in the following way:- Five round stones are procured like those got at the sea shore. Each child tosses them on the fronts and backs of her two hands alternately. If she succeeds in tossing them five times without letting one fall, she is supposed to have the privilege of playing first. She starts to play this way. She puts one stone on the ground, throws up one and snatches the one off the ground while the other is coming down. Then she puts down two,

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   E. Maguire

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Drumbreanlis, Co. Leitrim