School: Cúl Seachtaine
- Location:
- Coolshaghtena, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Caitln Nic Dhonnchadha
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- The games we play nowadays are different to what our ancestors played. These are tig, hide and seek, high gates, gander, spinning tops, flogging tops, Jack stones, marbles, skipping, see saw.
Tig.
It is played by any number of persons. All are counted and whatever child a certain number falls on has the "tig". He runs after the other and whoever he catches has the "tig".
High gates.
Everybody catches hands and one follows another in and out under the hands. This continued until one is caughed. Then he calls out whoever he likes.
Gander.
This is played nearly like tig, only goals are put up and instead of tigging the child they are caught.
Spinning tops.
Tops are bought or made and put spinning on the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Gavigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolshaghtena, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Mrs Joe Gavigan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Coolshaghtena, Co. Ros Comáin
