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School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)

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Moylough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Margaret Devine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0092

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    This is the list of games which girls play. Pig, highwindow. English and Irish Soldiers. Skipping, Fish in the Pan, Poor Old Joe, Hide and-go-Seek. Giepies [?] from the Wood, Lame Jack, Dallog, Loorabog-a-larrabog and Button. Boys play the following games. Football and Toys. Girls amuse themselves in Summer and Autumn picking blackberries and nuts and other wild berries. In Winter they amuse themselves sliding on the ice and throwing snowballs. Boys amuse themselves in Winter setting birdcradles, playing toys, and setting snares for rabbits, and sliding on the ice and throwing snow-balls and making snow men.
    Girls find Dallog a good pastime. This is the way it is played. A handkerchief is tied
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Parsons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowreagh (Cooper), Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Parsons
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh (Cooper), Co. Sligo