School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)
- Location:
- Aughrim, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0332](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0029%2FCBES_0029_0332.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0332
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim
- XML Page 0332
- XML “Games I Play”
- XML “Games I Play”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Transcription guide »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.
- "Jack up in the air. Stones" are played as follows:- Get five stones and throw them up in the air. When they are coming down catch as many as you are able on the back of your hand. This is called "pinking". Then you give the five stones to whoever you are playing with. They do the same thing. You get three chances at "pinking". You must count how many stones you catch each time. Whoever catches the most will get first hand.Then you scatter all the stones out, and one of the girls you are playing with will give you a stone. You throw the stone(continues on next page)