School: Oulart (roll number 15419)
- Location:
- Oulart, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó hAilleacháin
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- (continued from previous page)Then make the third gate by leaving your third and fourth fingers on the ground and draw in the jacks again. Then make last which is called cruabin. They always say cruabin cruck may never have luck.The next thing is first gate all tebs by leaving your first two fingers on the ground and bringing them in one by one and if you stir one bringing in another your are out. Then the second gate all tebs, third gate, and cruabin. The next thing is cracks and softs."Cracks" are played by throwing up the mould and taking up a jack and let it self and the mould crack in your hands, if they don't crack you are out."Softs" are played by throwing up the mould and taking up each jack without letting them crack in your hands. The next is "big paw", by leaving your hand(continues on next page)
