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School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0061

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    own eyes.
    Jack "Stones": is a game we play every day in Summer. We get five tones the same size We throw them up in the air and we try to catch them with our hands coming down.
    Hide and Seek: One person will seek and the others will hide and the person that is caught last will have to seek the next time.
    High Gates: A number of children would catch each others hands and one person goes round them and whatever person is tipped on the back that person has to go round.
    Colours: A number of children stand in a row and one person gives each one a colour. Two other children go out and call themselves a Devil and an Angel. When the colours are given
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Grady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway