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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 04_016

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    The townland of Tavanaghmor. The Parish of Straide. Barony of Gallen Co. Mayo.
    We play the following games in Summer, jumping, skipping, swinging.
    Jumping. We stick two sticks in the ground and put one across on top of them. We all try to take the jump without knocking down the cross stick.
    Skipping. We skip through a rope which we twist over our heads and under our feet.
    Swinging. We tie each end of
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Nicholas
    Gender
    Female