School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (B.) (roll number 1867)

Location:
Castlelyons, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
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  1. The games I play are Frog jump, Tig, Hide and Seek, Duck in the Granny.
    In the summer we play tops, and spin tops, play hand-ball, pitch and toss, and bowling.
    In the autumn we pick blackberries and crack chestnuts.
    On Oct 31st we have snap-apple.
    Children's games are High Gates, Blind Man's Buff, Hunt the Fox.
    Indoor games are Cards, Forfeits, Hide the Button, Burn the Biscuit.
    The chief card games are One hundred and ten, Forty five, Twenty five, Rummy.
    In the autumn we crack galls. (chestnuts)
    In the summer we play Gobs, Queeny.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
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    English