School: Athlone (Mixed) (roll number 16092)
- Location:
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Hunter
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 089
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- Football, cricket, marbles, spinning tops, flying kites, hand-ball, cook, skipping, hopscotch, chestnuts, cowboys, and skittles are the games which boys and girls play in this district.Ludo, draughts, cards, table-tennis and dominoes, are the games played indoor.Spinning tops are played with tops and whips. The boys spin the top with a twist of their hands and then they whip it. This game is played in January.When boys play skittles they get three or four bottles and a handful of stones. Then they throw the stones at the bottles and try to break them.The game of marbles is played by two or three people. Each person has a marble each. One person throws his marble and another person follows his to try and hit it. There are some rules in the game. If there is a bit of dirt behind the one you are throwing at, you shout "cleanings" and the dirt is taken away. If a boy were playing on a hill and the other boys marble was running down, the first boy would(continues on next page)
