School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)
- Location:
- Port Laoise, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: Sr Treasa
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- (continued from previous page)and so on till the game finishes.
Another very much liked game is "Puss in the corner". Only five players can participate in the game; four of these take their places in a corner of the room, and the fifth one, who is called "Puss" tries to get into one of the corners while they are changing; if she succeeds in getting into one of the corners the former owner of the corner is then "Puss" and so the game continues.
- Candle making was carried on a very large scale in Porlaoighise long ago. The chief way of making them was by the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Bannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Port Laoise, Co. Laoise
- Informant
- Mr J. P. Bannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Port Laoise, Co. Laoise
