School: Killyclare
- Location:
- Killycleare, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Cheithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 027
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- In Summer we play Skittles. In order to play Skittles I first cut five sticks, four of these sticks should be six inches long and one nine inches. Four of these sticks are placed in the corners of a square and the longer one is placed in the centre. Then we cut three long sticks and one boy takes these and stands three perches from the Skittles Then he tries to knock down the Skittles. Every boy tries to knock the whole five skittles and if he does, he gets thirty marks. Another game we play is Cat and Dog. In order to play this game, we cut two sticks. One of these sticks should be eight inches long and pointed on both ends. We place the short stick on a stone and hit it with the longer one. The persons who are playing stand away from the stone and try to catch it. Then we hit the long stick with the short(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Samuel Sharpe
- Gender
- Male
