School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16741)
- Location:
- New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Teachers: Aindrias Ó Caoilte Br Ó Cinnéide
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- (continued from previous page)you. When they get hold of you they will put you in the rope and follow the rest and the two last caught will follow again."Peggy".
The way you play peggy is you get a stick and then you will get another stick and cut two points on it and you draw a big ring and one of the boys will throw the peggy and if it goes in to the ring you have only one stroke of it. If it goes on the line you have two strokes of it and if it does not go on the line or into the ring you will have three strokes of it."Queeney".
Queeney is played by facing the wall and throwing the ball back over your head and then turning round and saying who has the ball."Marbles".
A lot of boys play marbles. It is played on the road. The way to play is to make three holes and the distance between the holes is about two feet. If you are playing you can either run the holes or guard the holes. There is another game in marbles. It is called taw shot. You put your marble on a stone and let the other boys throw at it. The boys should be about six feet away and if a boy hits you off the stone you must give him another marble. Then when all the boys have thrown you throw at them once if you hit their marble they must give you a marble."Skittles".
The way to play skittles is to put on the ground the five skittles and to stand away about four feet and throw the pelters at the skittles. You(continues on next page)
