School: Na Creaga
- Location:
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Breandáin
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- (continued from previous page)They would then get one of the small stones, and try to knock off the small stone, that was placed on the big stone. to see which would knock it off the oftenest.
The children mostly played "Four Corner Fool.
One would stand at each corner, and there would be a fool in the middle, and whatever corner two persons would be standing, the person at the back of the foremost person, would have to let the fool run after her, sometimes she may be caught and if she was, she would have to run after the fool. If the fool ran to (to) some corner, then there would be two persons in that corner and the person at the back would have to run. They would continue this for some time. The young boys and the old men would play pitch and toss. Sometimes they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Angie Kilby
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Keaveney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Creggs, Co. Galway
