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School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

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Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
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Michael Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 060

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    men with belts would beat until he was outside the door. Another trades man would then be brought and if he was not suitable he would also be beaten until he was outside the door and so the game would be continued until the father was satisfied.
    Joe Griffin,
    Cloonadarragh,
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    They had a small table also and on the table was drawn a foxe's head. They had a belt and they used to fold it up and leave it on the table. The person who put the top of the pencil in the foxe's ear had the game won.
    John Joseph Walsh
    Ballaghemurray
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    Doras.- When people would be going in and out from the wake A man would be standing behind the door with a leather belt in his hand. Everyone who went in or out got a lash down on the head with the belt.
    James Walsh
    Cloonruff
    When a crowd of men gathered at a wake
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. games
            1. wake games (~170)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lawrence Edwards
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonruff, Co. Galway