School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd O Lighin
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Games I Play.
I play several games :- In winter I go splintering in the night, which means that i take a stick and lanter, and I dazzle the birds with the light and then I hit the bird with the stick, and kill it. I play bowling in the summer when the nights are bright, and when the bowl would not be lost. I play handball in winter. I go out hunting from a few months before Christmas. I go fishing with the fishing rod for trout, and it is great fun. I play another game called bowling. With a stick I drive the bowl,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frankie Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
