School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)
- Location:
- Ballyadams, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 136
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- XML “Games - Follow Mother to Market”
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- A piece of board is placed on two stones to serve as a counter. Then shelves are arranged with other pieces of board. Old jam pots are then filled various substances as mud, sand, turf mould, etc to represent jam, sugar, tea etc. "Chaineys" are used for money and bits of paper for paper-money. One player does shopkeeper and the others as customers come to buy things.
- Collector
- Uinsionn De Laoighseach
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clopook, Co. Laois
- Any number of players can play this game. One of the players is selected to be the mother of the others. Before she goes to the town she gives each of the other(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nell Ní Loinsigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crannagh, Co. Laois
