School: Clonmellon (C.) (roll number 9501)

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1. Customs (continued)

   

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   her under a green sod.
   If not they would go out of their mind.
   Long ago the old way for sowing oats was this.
   First the farmer put a knot on the sheet, put it over his head and fill it with the seed oats.
   They used to give the first two mouthfulls to their two horses.
   This knot would not be taken off the sheet until all the seed would be sown

   

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2. List of Games

   

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   Here is a list of games which we play during school hours. "Tig," "Hide,-and-go-seek," "tennis," "ball," "camoighe," "Town" "Fox and Goose." "Blind-man's Buff"
   We take great delight in playing those games during school when we get our leisure hours.

   

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
   2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)
   3. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Peter Fox

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   40

   Address

   Hartstown, Co. Meath