School: Piercetown (B.) (roll number 4990)
- Location:
- Piercetown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Maitiú Ó Cléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)are tired.Any number of players can play marbles. Three holes about three feet apart are made in the ground. A line about four feet from the first hole is made. This is called "Baft" line. Then each person fires his marble in turn. When they get the third hole they go back to the first hole. The players then fire back to the third hole. This is called "Brink hole. The first one to get this hole fires his marble at the other players marbles. If he succeeds in hitting one of the marbles three times in succession he drops out. The last player not hit three times wins the game."Blind mans buff" is an indoor game. A hankerchief is procured. One of the players count to a certain number. Whoever the number falls on he is "on it". The hankerchief is tied tightly around his eyes. Then he starts to follow the other players. If he succeeds in catching one of them, he must wear the hankerchief. The game is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathjarney, Co. Wexford
