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1. Games I Play

   

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   The games I play are as follows:-
   See-saw, skipping, colours, fishing, London bridge, Nuts and May, high-gates, tip of the handkerchief, high gates, musical bumps, lazy Mary, ludo, snakes and ladders, and over-backs.
   I amuse myself at certain times of the year which are at Autumn and Winter by blackberry picking at Autumn and by making bird traps at Winter. Bird baskets are made by sticks and cords and when setting it a "goulog" (gabhlóg) and a "kipeen braig" (cipín bréig) or a "kipeen deerach" (cipín díreach) is used. The "goulog" is used to keep up the basket, and the "kipeen braig" to keep up the bough. Holly berries and haws are thrown under the basket in order that the birds would come in for them and by doing so they are certain to step on the bough. When they step on the bough immediately the basket trips, and the bird is held prisoner.
   "See-saw" is played by having a block stretched on some high article and at each end of that a person would sit and weigh one another. Skipping is played by having a rope and at each end of that rope a

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   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
         1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Winnie Dukelow

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drom an tSionnaichín, Co. Chorcaí

   Informant

   Thomas Dukelow

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drom an tSionnaichín, Co. Chorcaí