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School: Clara (2)

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Clara, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Thomáis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0807, Page 462

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  1. The Local Roads (continued)

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    the road in Kilbride to mark a place where a priest was killed off a horse and when a funeral is passing that place the hearse stops and the people take off their hats.
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  2. Games I Play

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    The games I play are "Tig" "Here we come gathering nuts in May", "Grandmothers steps", "Hide the thimble", "Hide and go seek", "Prisoners" "Colours", "Steps", "Marbles", "Football", "Hurling", "Blind Man's Buff", "The grand old Duke of York", "The Farmer wants a wife", "Hopscotch", "Skipping", "Leapfrog", "Dan Dan thread the needle".
    In winter I amuse myself by making bird cribs.
    In autumn I amuse myself by eating nuts and picking blackberries and I play Ludo or Snakes
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jimmy Williams
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Erry (Armstrong), Co. Offaly