School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)

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1. Games I Play (continued)

   

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   whoever catches most begins. She scatters out the stones and picks them up seperately. The, she throws them out again. This time she takes two ones and then two together. Then she takes two twos' and the next time one and three together. Then she takes four together.
   She then proceeds to do high ones'. She keeps one stone in her hand and throws up the other. She does the same as before until she has high fours done. She then does 'creep'. She tosses the five stones on her hand. Some stay on the back of her hand. She has to pick the others in between her fingers and turn all into her palm. When we get tired of the hard work in school two play 'for- and - goose', chip-cherry' or 'box': We draw a page of squares. One takes fox and the other goose. The fox marks x in one square and the goose o. Each trys to get the others' letter in between his and if he can do this he gets one mark

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Starr

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisquillibeen, Co. Tipperary

   Collector

   Sara Hogan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Hogan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mr Starr

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisquillibeen, Co. Tipperary