School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Míleac, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)boy carries on like that until we reach the end of the field. Then we start at the end again.
- The games that we play around this district, are:- wrestling, flogging tops, table-tennis, draughts and table-golf.
Wrestling and flogging tops are the games I play outside; the others are the games I play inside
This is the way we wrestle. Two boys start to see which of them can knock the other two times and put this shoulders to the ground. The one that puts the other's shoulder to the ground wins.
We play flogging tops like hurling. The one that flogs the top into the goal scores a goal.
Table tennis is played this way. Two persons play it. They play the game the same as field tennis, but the one that lets the ball drop on the ground gives a goal to the other.
Table gold is played this way. There(continues on next page) - Collector
- Richard Allen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Redgate, Co. Luimnigh
