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School: Tír na Móna (roll number 10441)

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Tirnamona, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Blackburn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0954, Page 291

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    picnics. They get a loan of a field from a certain man for one evening. They light a fire and put a boiler full of water on it. They make tea and give it out. After tea they have a collection of one shilling each. The ice cream man comes, and sells many sliders to the people. They have two swings up on a high tree. They play games till it gets dark. The games are, the farmer wants a wife, french tig, nuts in May, and the grand old duke of York.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bobbie Chambers
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Killydonnelly, Co. Monaghan