School: Baile Theas (C.), Malla (roll number 4954)

Location:
Ballyhass, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Bríd Bean Uí Dhála
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 058

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 058

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  1. The game I am going to describe is called Rounders. A lot of children go inside a line and others remain outside the line. One child throws the ball to one of the girls inside the line and she runs to one of the stations or two stations if she has time but the girls outside should catch the ball and try to hit her with it if they can. If she is hit with the ball between the stations she is out until someone makes three rounds for her. If a girl runs to all the stations and up into the ring again it is called a round. If one girl inside the line gave an up ball and the other girls caught it is called a catch then the girls inside the line must come out and the girls outside the line must go in and they play the same way until the game is finished.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
  2. Nut cracking is an Autumn game. This is how this is played. Two children get two or three horse chest nuts and they put holes in them with nails. Then they put them through strong string and the first boy gets three shots to break the other
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