School: Stackallen (roll number 1309)

Location:
Stackallan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
P.T. Mac Gabhann
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    place. We often play "Tig" at school. There is a den, and the den is usually a wall a tree. A big crowd stands in a row and one stands out and counts a rime. Here is a rhyme that is mostly said . "Inty binty banty bay ile dile damin aye ulca bulka stony rock an dan dush." The ones that "dush" is said to it out and the last one that was not "dush" is it. The one that is it tries to stop any of the others from tipping the wall. If the person that was 'it' was able to tig one of the others he would be 'it.' Sometimes he would not be able to tig any of them and the same person would be 'it' again. Hop scotch is another game we play, there are two ways of playing hop scotch. This is one of them. In playing hop scotch we mark out a big square and mark four corners, each of us pick a flat stone. We have to hop on one foot and kick the stone in to each corner. If one of us put down two feet on the ground she would be out and the next would be in. When a person walks on a line she would be out and another would get in. If a person kicks the stone and the stone falls on a line she would be put out. We would want to be always minding for fear of walking on a line because we might not get in again if there were a lot playing or if there were good players at it. We do not play camogie often, only when the days
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Tighe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rochestown, Co. Meath