School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 298
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Many words are used when playing marbles, such as brace, bar brace, far, brink, knuckle down risings and brace at you. Also hide and-go-seek is played when you are caught, who-ever catches you says "caught". Another game that is played by the boys of this school is "Golden chain. First two boys are selected Pat takes a golden chain and Tom takes a golden watch. The rest line up behind them the last boy is stopped and asked which would he prefer.
If he prefers a golden chain he goes behind Pat and if he takes a golden watch he goes behind Tom. When all are gone the two leaders pull and whatever side breaks the other side wins. Bull in the ring(continues on next page)
