School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)each stick is thrown at the small sticks and the person that makes the most numbers wins the game.
Crickets are also very easily played.
A set of wickets are firstly procured and are put down in the ground and a small little bale is put across the top of the wickets. Then a cricket ball is got and is given to the bowler and he bowls the ball towards the wicket and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Lanigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Michael Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Garrynamann Lower, Co. Kilkenny
