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School: Lough Arrow

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Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo
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Cathal Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 192

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    he would look to see who did it, another man would strike him with the glove and so on until he would find out who did it and the person that he saw doing it would have to stand up and so on and whilst they were playing this game they would say Brog a bout Brog a bout.
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    Long ago the children used to play a lot of games in the winter night. There is one of them called "Blind man's buff". First some one of the players would put a cloth on their eyes. Then he would try to catch the rest of the players and when he would catch any of them.
    That one would have to tie a cloth
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Harte
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Harte
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo