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School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Derrymore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 08_058

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  1. The Games I Play

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    The games I play are catching, fairs, buying and selling and tip and handball and Sheep and card playing and horses. These are all the games that I play.
    The way I play catching is all the scholars will run and one will catch them all. The one that is catching when he leaves his hand on the head of the other scholar they are caught.
    The way I play fairs is, some of the scholars would be cattle and some of them
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Tónra
    Gender
    Male