School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)
- Location:
- Glengarriff, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0279, Page 222
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- (continued from previous page)can play gobs. You can play partners in gobs too This is how you would start the game. You would catch five gobs in the palm of your hand throw them up and turn the back of your hand and try to catch them to see how many would you catch. Then throw them up and turn your hand back again. You must do that three times and which ever girls catches the most, that girl starts the game.
First she would throw them out of her hand on to the ground. Then she would catch one of the gobs and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Ghógáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coomarkane, Co. Cork
