1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Log na nGall

School: Log na nGall (roll number 15663)

Location:
Lugnagall, Co. Sligo
Teachers:
Tomás Ó Hodhráin Bean Uí Hodhráin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 220

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 220

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Log na nGall
  2. XML Page 220
  3. XML “Games - Boys”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Games - Boys

    Share Share Tweet
    220
    The games I play are
    1. Football
    2. Tig
    3. Playing with [?]
    4. Frog-leaping
    5. Cock shot
    6. Jumping
    Jaws are played by putting two holes in the ground and shooting off a [?] trying to put into the holes.
    Frog-leaping is played by one person bending down, and the other leaps over him. Then the other boy goes down and he goes over and so on.
    Cock shot - a cock shot is put up by the putting a few stones on tip of a big stone and then firing stones at it to knock them off.
    Jumping. Two sticks are put in the ground and putting a rope across they try to jump it.
    Blindmans' Baff. It is played by putting
    (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
    Peter Scanlan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lislahelly, Co. Sligo