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School: Tallanstown (roll number 2746)

Location:
Tallonstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Mac Gráinnne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 142

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    I get five small sticks about two or three inches long and three more sticks about one foot.
    Then I make a ring with chalk and place the small sticks in their proper position.
    The five small sticks are numbered as follows one, two, three, four, and five.
    The five is placed in the centre, and one is placed below five, and four is placed about five, two is placed on the left hand side, and three is placed on the right hand side.
    Then there are ibuts made a few yards from the rings and each person throwing the three long sticks tries to get as many small sticks outside the ring as he can.
    This game is sometimes played for a hundred and other numbers, and the person who gets the hundred first wins the game.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mat Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcroney, Co. Louth