School: An Ghráinseach, Cluain Meala (roll number 7982)
- Location:
- Grange, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 114
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- Trance
A game played by school girls.
Diagram
"Beds" are drawm on road. Each "bed" roughly 3' square. A flat stone about about 3 or 4 inches square called a "vetch"is used. Player stands at X and shoves vetch into bed No 1. Then she hops on one leg and moves vetch with foot into No 2 and from that to No 3 and No 4. No 4 is called the resting bed and she can stand on both feet and rest if she wishes. She then continues through beds 5 & 6. Then she stands at X ad throws the vetch into bed No 2 and hops into No 1 and to No 2 and so on as before. Next time vetch is put into bed No 3. Next bed No 4 and so on. Player who succeeds in going through all six beds thus "brings" the game.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- S. O M.
