School: Ballymakenny, Drogheda (roll number 831)
- Location:
- Ballymakenny, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Chearbhaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 158
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- First the players get a big flat stone. This stone is the "pan" Then each player gets a small round stone. Then each player in turn throws his stone at the "pan" while standing a certain distance away. While they are throwing the stones they say the word "pink" The stone that falls nearest to the pan is the "duck". The "duck" is put on the "pan" and the owner of the "duck" has to stand by the pan while the others are trying to knock the "duck" off the pan and getting their stones again this player tries to "tig" them The person who is "tug" is next to stand by the "pan".
If the stone is knocked off the pan the game is stopped while it is being put on again. If in lifting the "duck" to put it on the "pan" again a player lets if fall he is said to be "burned"
