School: Fionn-Tráigh (roll number 16357)
- Location:
- Fintragh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Aibhistín A. Mac Amhlaoidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1039, Page 129
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- Nóra Nic Amhlaoidh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Largymore, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Micheál O Baoghail
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Kill, Co. Donegal
- Long ago the people always played Caman. The strand was the play-field. They would start playing on Christmas day and then they would play until the end of Winter.
They had sticks with turned heads on them for Camans, and what they played with was called a Bul, which was made from a round hazel or briar root. The field was the whole length(continues on next page)
