School: Cappamore (B.) (roll number 7480)
- Location:
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: James McCarthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 242
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- (continued from previous page)but the more that play the better.
It is usually in a field it is played. A boy would bend down and put his hands on his knees,another would take a run, and put his hands on the other boy's shoulders, and bounce spread legs over him. Then he'd run a few yards and bend down again in front of the other boy and put his hands on his knees. The next boy would run and put his hands on the boy's shoulders and bound spread legs over the other two in succession. Then he'd run a few more yards, and bend down again with his hands on his knees. The last boy would run, put his hands on the other boys' shoulders and bounce spread-legs over the three boys in succession, and then they would keep going around in a circle until they get tired.
- Collector
- Michael Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
