School: Reary, Rosenallis (roll number 924)

Location:
Reary More, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Ml. Dagg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0823, Page 078

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  1. Firing Marbles
    We play a game called 'Firing'. We draw a line on he road. Each player puts a button on the line. The buttons are put one inch apart. Another mark called the 'tip' is made about a yard from the buttons and parallel to them. Then we toss for 1st, 2nd, 3rd shot etc. Each boy has a marble. The boy who gets first shot goes to the tip, bends down, places the back of his hand on the road, catches the marble between the top of his first finger and the knuckle of his thumb and fires it at the buttons with the nail of his thumb. If the marble buts
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Dooley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonduff, Co. Laois