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School: Grange (roll number 3759)

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Grange, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 174

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    Games I play
    Some games I play at school with my companions are, "Jackstones", Camogie, "High Windows", "Here we come gathering nuts in May", and a game called "Colours".
    The game of "Jackstones", is played with five small round stones. You have to (play) keep throwing up the stones in twos, threes, fours, and fives and catching them before they fall on the ground. When you let one fall you loose your round of play. The girl next you takes them up and plays in the same way and so on.
    "High Windows, is played by a number of girls who hold one another's hands while standing
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Streedagh, Co. Sligo