School: Castlerock N.S. (roll number 13242)

Location:
Drummartin, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Frank Haran
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  1. The games which I play are, Hiding Go Seek, Ghost in the well, High Windows, Dan Dan thread the needle, and Stations.
    We amuse ourselves in Autumn by nut cracking and Blackberry picking.
    In Winter boys make cradles and trap's for birds
    The boys play football hurling, and hand ball.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Bowie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cabragh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Miss Ellen O Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Sligo