School: Clonfinlough, Athlone
- Location:
- Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: E. Ní Mhionacháin
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- (continued from previous page)first. They play one's, two's, three's, four's, five's, six's, seven's deafs and dumbs and whoever starts the game and finishes it without a mistake wins the game.
They play one's by throwing up one, and taking one up off the ground while the other is coming down.
Two's are played by throwing up one and picking up two and so on 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's.. The cracks are played (same way) by throwing up a stone, and picking up one, and cracking them.
The deafs are played the same way. They are not to be cracked.
Annie Lowe
Carrowkeel.
Told to me by my grandfather Willie Lowe age 83 years who died 1934.
- Collector
- Annie Lowe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowkeel, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Willie Lowe
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
