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1. Rounders (continued)

   

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   the ball he will try and hit the runner with it. If he hits him he is knocked out and him-self and his partner must go down the field, but if he misses him, it is an ace for the other two. Fifteen is generally the game. When a boy hits out a ball and one of the boys down the field catches it before it hits the ground it is an ace for the boys down the field and along with that the two boys in the circle must go down the field.
   This was a great game with the school boys about fifteen years ago but nowadays the majority of the boys would prefer sitting down at lunch hour.

   

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   History Edit

   Date

   19 Aibreán 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Dómhnall de Buitléir