School: Ballyconnell (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 318
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- I play train, skittles and hide and seek. I play train with other boys. We join and get into a line. The first boy is the engine. In playing skittles we have to have five thick sticks, not long ones, to stand up and three long ones to throw. We score according to the skittles we knock down. I also play football, hurling and handball.
- Collector
- Dermot Mulligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- In winter I play trapping birds with a bird cage. I play draughts, ringboard, marbles, and blind mans buff, four corners, handball and making snares to catch rabbits.I play hide and go seek and throwing kites. I play cat and(continues on next page)
