School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Dheadaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0361, Page 757
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- (continued from previous page)forming the "bridge". They then ask the captured player which of the selected objects she would wish to have - Gold watch or gold chain, and when she names the object she is told to stand behind the "bridge" girl who has selected the object named by the captured player.
The game goes on until all the players have made their selection and taken their proper places behind the "bridge" girls. Then a tug-of-war takes place and the side that makes the first break is the losing side.
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- Collector
- Bridgie Riordan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killavoy, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick Riordan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killavoy, Co. Cork
