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School: Ballymore (B.) (roll number 7443)

Location:
Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P.J. Cooney
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    to the starting place. If they touch their 'ducks' as they are called, without going down they have to put their stone down. "Frog Jumping" is played with ten or twelve boys. They have their backs bent down. One boy begins leaping over them. When he has finished another boy begins and so on until they are all finished.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Mullenmeehan, Co. Westmeath