School: Tobar (B.)
- Location:
- Tober, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Ó Maoltuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 104
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- We have a game known as "Hold The Button." This game is played at night. This is how it is played. A row of boys sits together. One boy stands in front of the rest. He holds a button in his hand. He goes around to each boy and puts the side of his hand in to his. He lets the button drop into one of their hands. No one knows who has the button. Then he asks the first boy "Who has the button?" He says whatever boy he thinks. Then he finishes them all like this. Whichever boy is wrong gets a slap of a stick.
- There is a game known as "Tip-top Castle." A pencil and Paper are got. A circle is drawn on the paper. Strokes are drawn from the center of the circle to the outside. A little space is left between the strokes for numbers. Numbers are put in the space.
Then one person gets a pencil. He shuts his eyes. He starts to go round the ring with the pencil, moving it at every word he says:- "Tip-top Castle! All the men in Londonderry would not(continues on next page) - Collector
- Denis King
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilfoylan, Co. Offaly
