School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- An Carn, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 10_030
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- We have many games such as rounders, cricket, high gates, blind man's buff, football and hurling. Rounders are played by a ring of stones. When the people inside hit the ball they run around the ring and when they have twenty one rounds made they have the game won. Cricket is played by 2 stones and a ball. The same two persons stand at the stones and another person pelts the ball and if he hit the stone the two inside would have to go out. High gates are played by all the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Colgáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Na Raithneacha Thoir, Co. an Chláir
