School: Cill Liath (roll number 8696)
- Location:
- Cill Ia, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 289
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- A small stone was put on the ground, this was called the bob, a mark was put seven yards distance from the bob. The players began behind this mark and pitch two pennies each. Who ever was nearest to the bob got first toss. The toss means that each player has to contribute a penny. The pence are put up on something flat and thrown in the air. The coins that come down heads up are the property of the tosser by the second nearest to the bob, and so on until the game was finished.
- Collector
- Paddy Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cill Ia, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Jim Cashman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gort na gCapall, Co. Chorcaí
