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School: Craoibh Liath (roll number 15639)

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Creevelea, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Mrs Doyle
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    The Game of Skittles.
    Skittles is a very common outdoor game among children. The way I play this game is: -
    First get five blocks of wood. I place them on the ground , one on the centre and two each side of it. Then I get three long pieces of sticks which are called dogs.
    I start to throw the dogs. If I knock the centre block it counts then tricks, and if I knock the two outside ones they count five tricks each.
    In the summer this game is very nice to play, but in the winter it is very cold lifting the wet sticks and throwing them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lisnagowan, Co. Leitrim