School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 160
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- Playing Jacks = 5 Pebbles
Each player throws out the jackie pebbles each time at each operation to suit the play, failure to do each thing correctly meand, "out" and next player, "it"
"Onsies" - Throw up one and take each one up and catch each pebble coming down.
"Twosies" Throw up one and take up two each each time and catch.
"Little Bob" Throw up one and take up three and catch.
"Big bob" Throw up one and take up four and catch.
"Crack Jack." Throw up one and take up each one and make them crack
"Deaf Dumb," Throw up one and take up one and catch without crack.
"Gather the seeds" Throw up one and take all up together and catch
"Long Maggot" Throw up one put all in row and take all up together + catch
"Milk the Cows," Throw up one tap a pebble and take one up each time
"Put out the Cows" Throw up one push all pebble together and take all up
"Make the bed" Throw up one and take all up together(continues on next page)
