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School: Corratober

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Corratober, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 171

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    got to the hales. Another game they used to play was running races. One man would lift another man on his back. He would start running with another man with no one on his back; and if the man with no one on his back was able to run two rounds for the one round the other man would run he would win but if not the other man would win.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Mulligan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Enaghan, Co. Longford
    Informant
    John Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisraherty, Co. Longford