School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)
- Location:
- Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 134
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- (continued from previous page)an old house which was occupied during the famine times still to be seen beside Jim Farrell's house of Garthy.
- Every day we watch the hands of the clock steal slowly round to half past twelve adn when it arrives we hurry out of the school swallow our lunches hastily and start playing our games. We have different games to suit every season. Here are some of those which are played in the Summer months. "Cat and Dog" "Cat and Mouse", "Colours". When we are playing cat and dog we select two teams. Then two stones are procured and we get two sticks, one short one(continues on next page)
