School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 382
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- (continued from previous page)Then a boy stands about seven yards away from the circle and throws the other three small sticks one by one. He tries to knock one of the circle sticks.
If he knocks out all the skittles he has one free shot but this seldom happens. If he knocks the number four out that is four for him. If he knocks the number one then that is four and one are five for him.
Each boy who plays dose that in turn and whoever gets twenty first wins.
Michael Healy
- The games I play are football, hurling, marbles and spinning a top. In Winter I make cribs to catch birds. In the school grounds I play fox and chickens(continues on next page)
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- Richard Mulready
- Gender
- Male
