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School: Piercetown (B.) (roll number 4990)

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Maitiú Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 319

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    together in a field. Two of them were selected.
    These called a man each in turn until the men were divided equally. A test match was played, and the best of them were selected to represent their parish.
    Bowling was a game that had great prominence during the 'seventies. It was played on a long stretch of road from the cross of Knocknagall in Piercestown, to Rathjarney. The men had a large iron ball about a foot in circumference and about 1 1/2 pounds in weight. This was bowled along the road. The person who got it to the winning pst with the least number of bowls won the game. Three hundred yards was the average lenght of each
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyfinoge Great, Co. Wexford