School: Fahan (roll number 14479)
- Location:
- Fahan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 307
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- (continued from previous page)school in 1891. Before this school was built the old school was in one corner of what is now the graveyard.
- The games girls used to play were, Tig, Tug-of-war, Hide-and-seek, Ring, Nuts-in-May, Oranges and Lemons, Afternoon tea, Darts. Hide the gully, The Sheep went up the mountain Baa, The hankie, Poor Pussy.To play ring everybody stood in a ring. One was left out, and he tug somebody in the ring. The person he tug ran after him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jean Gillighan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Gillighan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Donegal
