School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 20_022
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- 1. Marbles.
2. football.
3. hurling.
4. Tops.
5. cardplaying.
Marbles are a great game in our district. March is the time of the year for playing marbles. A ring is made with chalk and I put a marble in it then I would stand back about eight or nine feet from it and draw a line and "pink".
The tops are also played on March. There are two ways of playing tops. They are played with a whip and are played with a cord. The cord is wound around the natches in the top and then you would drop the top in the ground and pull the cord.
It is a customary thing for the people in the winter nights to play cards.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig Ó Leidhin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Lyons
- Gender
- Male
