School: Glynn (C.) (roll number 4602)
- Location:
- Glynn, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Giolla Eoin
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- We play many games during the days on which we are free from all work and lessons such as - Hide-and-go-seek, tig, scoop-tig, Trench-tig, colours, rounders, and many others which I cannot describe. At certain times in the year we play different games than those mentioned above, such as nut-cracking, dipping for apples and money in a cub of water, snap-apple, or snapping at a cross made from two pieces of sticks with a candle, an apple a blackened cork and another candle an them. Or going from house to house and if you hear anyone's name mentioned you are to get married to a person of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Wheeler
- Gender
- Female
