School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 502
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- (continued from previous page)little ones, she would count how often she had to run of she ran the most she would win.
- Another game was 'corks' or 'skittles'. In the ame you would have pieces of sticks stuck in the ground and they are numbered, 1, 10, 3, 2, 4. They would play for a game of fifty by throwing longer sticks at the numbered ones. The knocked sticks are added up, if you went over fifty you owuld have to start again from twenty.
- Collector
- Monica Doran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloncat, Co. Meath
- When the children long ago were going to play "cat and dog" they would get a long piece and a small piece of stick. The long piece of stick would be the dog and the small piece would be the(continues on next page)
