School: Cluain na Cille (roll number 9216)
- Location:
- Cloonakille, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eithne , Bean Uí Fhallamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 214
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- The children here still play the traditional game of "Hop Scotch".
They play it in the following way. A number of bases is drawn on the ground by forming squares with a pointed stick. They throw a stone into a base, and try to pick it up while hopping on one leg, and throw it into another square or base.
It requires practice to pick up the stone without over balancing but some of the children are experts at the game.
