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School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)

Location:
An Léana Mór, Co. an Longfoirt
Teacher:
Brian Mac Tomas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 299

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    parish long ago. At the wakes long ago there would be a crowd of people playing games, sewing the big coat, they would have a piece of cloth, and they all sat round it, sewing it with bits of straws. When they would have it finished they would bring it home to the persons they were sewing it for. Another game was called slap-and-guess. They would put a man sitting on a stool, and put his hands on his eyes, and then the people would begin slapping him, and he would have to guess who it was that slapped him.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slítheán, Co. an Longfoirt
    Informant
    Thomas Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Slítheán, Co. an Longfoirt