School: Drumfries (roll number 1572)
- Location:
- Drumfree, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: P. E. Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 236
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- The old way of playing Caman was to find a stick with a crooked end. That was the whole fun. A party would go in search of a stick with a crooked end. Then when each would have his or her caman. They set to playing. This is the way the played six would run up the field and six run down the field, and one try to take the ball from other. So the ball was kept rolling in front. This was interesting each evening and passed the time.
