School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

Location:
Towlerton, Co. Laois
Teacher:
L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0839, Page 089

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0839, Page 089

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  1. We play games such as indoor and outdoor. We play indoor games on wet days and on winter nights. We play outdoor games at school and at home in the fields.
    We play colours, stag or chain, tig, wall flowers, apples and oranges, school, time, high gates and twist tobacco.
    We play stag by having two children for the chain and they run after the other children and catch them all. The last two will be fore the chain and so on.
    We play tig by having one child down or with the tig. The tigs some other child
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen B. Wade
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garrendenny, Co. Laois