School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)
- Location:
- Baile an Oileáin, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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- To play the game of cat four boys are needed. First two of them(A and B) each gets a stick about three feet long. Then they make two little holes about an inch deep and about thirty feet apart in a field or on the road, thus(.hole) (.hole). Next, one of the other two gets a stick about a foot long. This is called "the bat". Then the first two stand at the holes. Each puts the end of his stick into the hole, this A B. Now one of the other two(C and D) stands at the right hand side of each of these(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Gabhlán, Co. Chiarraí