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School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)

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Leggagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 552

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    About fifty years ago the young men and boys used to play hurling in my district. The game was locally called a game of "camans". The hurleys were not like the present day hurleys but were ordinary sticks with a crook at the end. The expression is still used in my locality - a caman stick. The sticks used in the game of camans were made of either of whin, ash or blackthorn.
    When a number of boys met on a Sunday evening and proposed a game, two were appointed captains. They tossed up a coin to see who would get the first call. Then they went away a short distance from the crowd ane each took their call in turn until they had the boys evenly divided into two teams.
    The game was called a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leggagh, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Thomas Sheridan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Leggagh, Co. Longford