School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Ráistín, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 126
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- (continued from previous page)is right has to run after one of them and if he does not catch him the person has to go into the den again.Spinning Tops
You get a top and a whip, and you keep whipping the top with the whip.Hide and go Seek
Two people have to seek and the rest have to hide and the two that are seeking have to look for them and the last they catch has to seek.
- Roads of the district are kells Rd, Athboy Rd, Kilrush Rd, Devlin Rd, Killallon Rd, and the Kilshyre Rd. There are two relief roads over at Rosmead. There is a heap of stones over at Rosmead where a man was killed. There is an old path from Hartstown to Serastown. The people used to dance at crossroads.
- Collector
- Seán Shaw
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ráistín, Co. na hIarmhí
- There are two holy wells in the parish. One in killua and the other one in Killallon. The well in Killua is in a garden. The one in killallon is on the side of the road.(continues on next page)
