School: Calary, Bray
- Location:
- Calary Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Bean de Faoite
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- (continued from previous page)for", "To cut your throat." and then the ghost trys to catch each one, and cut its throat by the way.
In Winter we play Tig, and skipping with a rope, and Races, and jumping over a stick stuck in the ground.
In Autumn we mostly play football. A game called "Queenie". A certain child throws the ball and then she turns her back to all the others. Then they shout "Queenie" if it is in Irish we shout "Bainrioghan" Then she turns around, and trys to guess the one who has the ball, and if she guesses wrong. The one who has the ball is the"Bainrioghan.
About the end of August the children always go gathering "Black Berries" to make jam or cakes. On all "Saints Night", Hallow'een the children have a great lot of nuts and they carck them and eat the kernal. More dress up(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Sutton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow
