School: Ceathrú Riabhach (Cahooreigh)
- Location:
- Aghalee More, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Donnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0454, Page 242
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- Games I PlayI play a lot of Games and these are.
Football, Wee play Football the same way a(s) the famous Kerry Team play it to day.
Hurling, Wee play hurling the same as all other hurlers play it.
Snaring rabbits, I snare rabbits and this is how I do it. First of all I get a role of snare wire and I rip it then I wind six wires together all the same length and I leave a running eye. An to the end of it I attach a strong cord. An to the cord I put a stick. At the end of the wire I would put a small straight kippen to h(old) up the snare. The I would set it on the run of the rabbit. Then the small little kippen would hold up the snare and when the rabbit would come along he would gump into the snare and it would hold him.Wrestling, Wee Fight the same as all the other fighters.Running, Wee start off of at one part of the field and who ever comes in first at the other side of the field he is the winner.Hunting Hares, A crowd of men gather together and they get hounds and a terrier to put them(continues on next page)
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