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   time. Then he is brought in and asked to take a seat. Two more players sit on the two chairs then he sits in the middle and the other two gets up and he falls on the ground.

   

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2. Games I Play

   

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   Long ago the youths used to play as lot of games such as Brog a bout was a very common game and great exercise. The way they played it was this, a number of boys would sit on chairs in a circle on the floor and one person would stand up in the middle. They would have a glove and they would pass it from one to one under their feet. They would take the person that was standing up with the glove and when

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Delia Higgins

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrickglass, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr Michael Higgins

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Carrickglass, Co. Sligo