School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)
- Location:
- Ganty, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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- The games we play are Blind-man's Buff, The Picnic, and Four corner Fool. There are various times of the year when we play certain games.
On November night we hang an apple from the ceiling and someone ties our hands behind our backs. When then try to catch the apple with our mouths and who ever would, could have the apple. We also put an apple in a tub of water and try to take it up by putting our heads into the tub to catch it in our mouths. We wet our(continues on next page)- Collector
- Madge Uniacke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lissalondoon, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Paddy Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garracloon, Co. Galway