School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

Location:
Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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    playing get small stones and throw them at the grannie. The call 'pink'. The child whose stone falls nearest the grannie has to leave her stone on the granny. (and) She stands at the grannie and all the children throw their stones at the grannie trying to knock the child's stone (which) while they say 'duck'. If any child knocks the stone off the Grannie, she says 'duck down'. Everybody tries to get back without the (ower) owner of the stone on the grannie tigging them. If she tigs one of
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Field
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath