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School: Baile an Daingin (B) (roll number 1676)

Location:
Ballindine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus P. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 21

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    Beds are played by as many persons as you would like. First make five squares on the ground with a stick. Then get a piece of a glass or a slate and fling it on the first square. If you flung the slate on the line you would be beaten. Then he would hop in on the square on one foot pick up the slate and hop out again without leaving his other foot on the ground. If you stood on the line you would be beaten also.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mark Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballindine, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballindine, Co. Mayo