School: Tobar (B.)
- Location:
- An Tobar, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: C. Ó Maoltuile
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- Collector
- Robert Fox
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cill Fhialáin, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- There is a game known as "Tip-top Castle." A pencil and Paper are got. A circle is drawn on the paper. Strokes are drawn from the center of the circle to the outside. A little space is left between the strokes for numbers. Numbers are put in the space.
Then one person gets a pencil. He shuts his eyes. He starts to go round the ring with the pencil, moving it at every word he says:- "Tip-top Castle! All the men in Londonderry would not(continues on next page)