School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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- (continued from previous page)then she throws back the ball and some one of the crowd catches it. Then the girls say "Queenio" and she turns her face to the rest and guesses some one of the crowd. If she happens to say the right one she is in again and if not the one that got the ball goes in and repeats the same. This game is usually played in spring.
5. Ten girls must be in hides. One of the girls seeks and the other girls hide. When they are all in hide the seeker comes out and looks for them. No one must come out of their hide till they are all caught. Then the two last caught must hide.
6. We also play puckeen. One girl is blindfolded and the rest of them run around till some one of them is caught, then the puckeen is taken off the girl and put on the girl caught
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Dhuilleáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
