1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ballykelly

School: Ballykelly

Location:
Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 299

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 299

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ballykelly
  2. XML Page 299
  3. XML “Games I Play”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Games I Play

    Share Share Post
    Hide and go seek.
    Marbles.
    Hunt the fox.
    Frog jump.
    Donkey.
    Fisherman's net.
    Whip tops.
    Four or five boys play hide and go seek. They get a "den" and one boy stays in the den so that he cannot see the other boys hiding. When the others are ready they shout "cuckoo" and the boy in the "den" follows the other boys and they try to get to the without being tipped by the boy in the "den." When we are playing marbles we make three holes in a straight line about a yard apart. Four is the usual number playing them. We draw a line about a yard away from the first hole and each one shoots his marble to the hole and trys to get in.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Dominick Hearn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Wexford