School: Cill Chuana (roll number 12782)
- Location:
- Kilcoona, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Conáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0070
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The children would sit down in a small ring and they would get five small stones and if you let any of the stones fall you would have to pass the stones to the other girl. They played Jack up and Jack down high scatters and low scatters.
- Every girl would get two other girls and they would leave two others out without any burrow. They would be called the dog and the hare. The hare would run into another burrow and the dog following her. The girl in that burrow would go into another burrow. They would(continues on next page)
