School: Achadh na Garron (Aughnagarron) (roll number 5603)

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1. Marriage Customs (continued)

   

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   have music and they go in to the house and play and dance after this when they get an amount of drink which is always to be had at weddings or sometimes the bride-groom gives them money.

   

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2. The Games I Play

   

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   The different names of the games I play are football, hide and go seek spinning tops Playing button and several other games. Out of all these games I play button most frequently.
   Button is played in the following manner.
   All who are about to play button sit down on a large seat or form as it is called.
   Then one of them gets a button and clasps it between his hands then each one holds out their hands, each person must have their hands joined together so that nobody knows who got the button. After he has gone round on all who are playing he says to each one "who

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eugene Gallagher

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dalystown, Co. Longford