School: Carlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: C. Ó Blunaigh
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- (continued from previous page)4. Marbles: This is a game usually played in the month of February.
5. paper Chase: In this game five boys go and drop papers, and the others follow them. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
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- Seamus Thornton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- (Contributed by Ben Fretwell, Castle Hill)Taws and Saves: Button, Hop, Step and Jump.
Taws and Saves: This game is usually played in February. It is played by each player placing a safe in the ring, and shooting at them with a Taw. If you hit another Taw, you win a safe. When you shoot, if your Taw stays in the ring it is called "fat", and you shoot again.(continues on next page)