School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)of clothes in the same manner, silk, satin, muslin, rags, if the last leaf is "silk" she will be married in silk, and so on.
(A holly-leaf is also used instead of a fern. - Many words are used when playing marbles, such as brace, bar brace, far, brink, knuckle down risings and brace at you. Also hide and-go-seek is played when you are caught, who-ever catches you says "caught". Another game that is played by the boys of this school is "Golden chain. First two boys are selected Pat takes a golden chain and Tom takes a golden watch. The rest line up behind them the last boy is stopped and asked which would he prefer.
If he prefers a golden chain he goes behind Pat and if he takes a golden watch he goes behind Tom. When all are gone the two leaders pull and whatever side breaks the other side wins. Bull in the ring(continues on next page)- Collector
- M. Fardy
- Address
- Haresmead, Co. Wexford