School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)
- Location:
- Rathkeeragan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 115
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- (continued from previous page)another swings us. In Winter we play school. one of us teaches the rest. we get them to read and write. In summer we skip, two winds the rope another skips. In Autumn we gather nuts and Blackberries and apples.
- We build baby houses. We make a shelf first and put broken cups and plates on it and hang nice pictures on it, and old worn out dolls. We play hand ball too.
- Collector
- Mary Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cappagowlan, Co. Offaly
- The special games I play in summer is hurling and fishing and throw rings. When I am throwing rings I have a ring board with seven crooks on it with a number on each of them. Then two throws the rings(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killananny, Co. Offaly
