School: St Peter's, Phibsboro
- Location:
- Phibsborough, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Ss. Breathnach
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- (continued from previous page)Should the charge fail according to the verdict of the Judge the defendant took hold of the accuser by the ear and marched him round as before and back to his original position where he had to withstand another 'slap' from someone else. The accused kept repeating the words -" You have the wrong sow by the lug" while he was marching his accuser up and down the line.Where the Game was Played:-Usually in a barn; never in the kitchen of the wake-house.I have, when a boy, seen the above game played on several occasions.
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