School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)
- Location:
- Gleann Fhiodan, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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- (continued from previous page)and stand beside the girl with the watch. the next girl would do in like manner.
Then when all the children have been asked the two sides catch hands and then they have a "tug of war" They start pulling and whoever breaks the side who dosent break has the game won.
At night around the fireside I play boxes. We make a lot of dots and we put strokes in them when our turn comes. Whoever get four strokes in box form has a box and he has to put his initial in it. Then when the whole box is filled we count all of them and whoever gets the most wins the game
- Collector
- Mary Coleman
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Coleman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Droim Cria, Co. na hIarmhí
