School: St. Cronan's Longford Wood, An Teampoll Mór (roll number 6662)
- Location:
- Longfordwood, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 257
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- (continued from previous page)is the hardest; one cannot "gain" the game hole if any other layer's marble is within "marble inch" [?] by "marble inches" is meant a distance of a span and three inches, measured by the owner of the marble. Marbles so placed, have to be all "slabbed" away before the game hole can be gained. When a player succeeds in doing this, he then enters the game hole, and is now said to be "killing". This means that, if he now "slabs" any player's marble and drives it the required "bulk", he has won it.
The game is very interesting, and very often a single game will occupy an hour or even longer, according to the number taking part; and there is often a row also.Johney Whalesman.
A number of boys get together in a ring; the then select two or three of their number to stand in the centre.Those still remaining in the ring, now leave and go to another part of the playground, which has been settled on as the "den". There they agree on some action, which they will pretend to be doing when they return to the ring, for instance shaving, cutting tobacco for a pipe, putting on glasses, digging,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
