School: Baile Stiabhna, Askeaton (roll number 7900)
- Location:
- Ballysteen, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 328
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- (continued from previous page)'long bangle' is similar but one stone is at the elbow instead of the wrist. To 'smoke the pipe' the gob is put in the mouth, then one is thrown up and the two are caught together. For 'churn the butter' four gobs are laid in a square, the player throws up the fifth, then pounds the ground with her right fist and catches the gob coming down. The gob is thrown up again and the gobs are pushed into the centre, then the fifth is thrown up and all the gobs are caught together in the middle of the hand.Top SpinningTop spinning is commonly played in the early months of Spring. A few boys must collect to play the game, and if they have not already a top they buy one for two-pence in some village. They then get a thick, strong cord and neatly fold it around the top, holding the end of the cord between the two smallest fingers and holding the spear with
- Top spinning is commonly played in the early months of Spring. A few boys must collect to play the game, and if they have not already a top they buy one for two-pence in some village. They then get a thick, strong cord and neatly fold it around the top, holding the end of the cord between the two smallest fingers and holding the spear with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Neville
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Beagh, Co. Limerick
