School: Faythe (roll number 11361)
- Teacher: An tSr. Columcille
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- When the young boys are short of money to buy the shop marbles they go down on the railway line where there is a marl-hole on the bank.
They dig a small hole and get a quantity of the yellow mud which is called yellow marl. This they roll between their hands until it is a number of small balls and lay them aside to dry in the sun.
Afterwards when these are dry they are ready for use.- Collector
- Madge Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maudlintown, Co. Wexford