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Gallen, Co. Offaly
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T.R. Goodwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 246

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 246

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  3. XML “Games and Pastimes - Indoor Games”
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  1. Games and Pastimes - Indoor Games (continued)

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    out and puts it on the top.
    The person whose hand is on the bottom then does the same and so on.
    They do it slowly at first and then they do it quickly. until they get mixed up.
    They then play it again until they tired of it.
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  2. Pastimes - Crib-Making

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    In Winter boys catch birds by mean of a crib.
    A "crib" is a kind of basket and is made as follows.
    First we get two alder sticks and bore a hole at each end of them.
    Then we get two hazel rods and point them and then we put the points into the holes of the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Owen Bennett
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Noggusboy, Co. Offaly