School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. Here is a game played be little boys. Long ago all the little boys of the used to gather into a barn on Sunday nights. The used to get a pot & any strang boy that would come with them. One of the boys would stand out on the floor & say to his compannons that he would weigh them in the pot. He would weigh them all untill he would come to the strange boy
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Stephen Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat O' Malley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Forkfield or Gowel, Co. Mayo