School: Clais na nGearrán (roll number 2979)
- Location:
- Clashnagarrane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Conchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 382
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- I play football, alley, hunts, hides, four corner fool, skipping, high jump, castle tops, and pitching.
The way we play football is
At first we put four poles standing on the field, two at each end.
Then they join up and they play with an even number at each side. The way we play hunts is. First of all we stand in a circle and one boy counts up to twenty.
The boy that is twenty has to hunt the others.
When he catches one of the other boys that boy has to hunt then.
We play skipping with three boys. First of all we get a rope. Then a boy catches it(continues on next page)
