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1. Games I Play (continued)

   

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   them on the ground, then four gobs
   are placed between the fingers, and the
   fifth god is tossed up, and while in the
   air the person tries to push in one gob
   between the fingers, and so on until the
   four are inside the fingers. "They will
   also smoke the pipe," by throwing up one
   gob, and while in the put one into the mouth.
   "Snap apple night."
   On November night the young children
   play many games. One game is to put
   water into a saucer, and earth into
   another, some person of the family is
   blindfolded, and is directed to the place
   where the saucers are. If that person
   put his or her hand on the water it
   is said he or she would sail to a foreign
   land before the end of the year. If that
   person put his or her hand on the saucer
   containing the earth, it is said, that
   person would have a short life.
   On November's eve lead is melted, and
   is poured through a key into a bowl
   of cold water. When the lead touches the
   water it changes into different forms, and
   in this way a girl tries to find out

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Mary Reidy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Bridget O Sullivan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   48

   Address

   Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork