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 259
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- (continued from previous page)over him. He runs on and does the same to the next boy, while at the same time the boy whom he has just cleared straightens up, runs on, clears the boy in front and follows the first. Every boy does the same when his time comes. When the first boy to start, reaches the last boy in the ring he vaults over him in the same way as he did over the others, then he runs on a few yards, till he finds himself in the place where he first started; he now stoops quickly, placing his hands on the ground, and remains steady till all the others have passed over him in turn. This game gives great exercise and makes boys very active. Sometimes a boy in the ring straightens himself just as another boy is about to lay his hands on his back and so often causes him to fall.
Cribs. In the frosty weather in winter, we make cribs for birds. A crib is made in this way: four sticks, each about fifteen inchs long, are tied end to end in the form of a square; two pieces of strong cord are stretched from corner to corner of the square, they are not pulled tight, but are firmly fixed at the corners. We now "build" the crib with some light(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
