School: Killymarley (roll number 15398)
- Location:
- Killymarly, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)corks are best as the wine will burst the other corks out. The longer you keep the wine the better it tastes.
- We are all delighted when a good fall of snow comes and when a hard frost sets in with the snow it is even better. We put on our overcoats, gloves and caps and have great fun snowballing each other. There is a steep hill beside our house and we go up to the top of it and roll the snow down and make a snowman. We get and old hat put it on his head, two stones for his eyes and put an old pipe in his mouth to make him look as much like a man as possible.
At night we get a sleigh and if a sleigh cannot be got we get a ladder. We take it up to the top of the highest hill we can get. Somebody gets into the front to guide it. We have great fun at this pastime and the long the snow stays the better.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Harry Jackson
- Gender
- Male