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   they are quite safe.
   We amuse ourselves on Winter's nights by playing "Snap, Old Maid" and "Beggar my Neighbour" and other games with the cards or by giving out riddles.

   

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   The games I play to amuse myself are :- Tig, Skittles, Jumping, Hurling, Football and Duck down. Skittles. Five very short pieces of wood are got, each one numbered on the top. The numbers are :- one, two, three, four, and five. Then a circle is made, and the sticks are placed in a ring on the circle about eight inches apart. Three other sticks about eight inches long are thrown in turn at the five small ones in the circle. The player standing at a certain distance from the sticks. If he succeeds in knocking them

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Christy Henry

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Ballyhealy or Ballinure, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Christy Henry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyhealy or Ballinure, Co. Westmeath