School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)

Location:
Drumandoora, Co. Clare
Teachers:
Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592F, Page 06_025

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  1. 25
    5th March 1938.
    Folklore.
    Some of the games which the young of this place have at present are hide ,fox and racing.The way they play hide is one person remains in the den untill the others have hidden themselves .he then goes in search of them and they try to reach the den before he touches them. The first one touched before reaching the den has to take the next turn in the den and so on.They way they play fox is a couple of boys go into a den and pretend to be foxes and the other boys put them out of the den ,chase them and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Cunningham
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killanena, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Moloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killanena, Co. Clare