School: Drummond
- Location:
- Drummin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 436
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- I play "Jack stones". I get five round pebbles and catch them in my hand. I pitch them up and catch them on the back of my hand coming down. I throw them up again catch them in my hand again. There are big bobs and crackers. Draughts are played on a board. "Snakes and ladders" is played on a board. There are one hundred numbers called "snakes and ladders". There is a little board with six sides on it. It is called a disc. Six people could play. If you went to the bottom of a ladder you should go up and get another rattle. If you went to the head of a snake you should go down him.
- Collector
- Johanna Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyleigh, Co. Wexford
- My box would speak if it had but a tongue
And a penny or two would do it no wrong
And if you draw it of the best I hope in heaven your soul may rest
And if you draw it of the small, it won't agree with the wren boys at all.(continues on next page)
