School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 066
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- (continued from previous page)them again and this was repeated till all turned heads.Fool a Phúicín.
Twenty would be counted and the twentieth person was blindfolded and whoever he caught was blindfolded and so on.Carra Luascáin.
A rope was tied to a limb of a tree by its two ends. One person would sit on the rope and another would swingMarbles
were played by making three holes in the ground and a person should pitch a marble in each hole three times. Then if that person hit another's marble with his own he could take both marbles.Marbles
were played too by making a circle and putting a cotton standing in the middle. Each person tries to knock the button out with a marble and who-ever would could keep the button.Hurling.
A furze root with a turn in it was used as a hurley.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Cróinín
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Seán Ó Conaill
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Scrahan, Co. Cork
