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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 07_007

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  1. A Fireside Game

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    A. Fire.side games.
    27 th. February 1938.
    To bet with a person that you would take out a potato from under a pot and a person sitting on the pot.When a person would be sitting on the pot and you to (you) to rub your hands to the pot and rub it to the persons face and when the person would stand up you take out the potato from under the pot.
    To bet with q person that if he took off his shoes that he would not jump
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Harrison
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr James Harrison
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tyredagh Upper, Co. Clare