School: Baile Bran, Ogonollae
- Location:
- Baile Uí Bhroin, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588, Page 079
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- (continued from previous page)a king or any other picture counts ten, and who evers count amounts up to a hundred first, is knocked out, and who ever has the lowest count at the end wins.
Another very important game is "Bingaldy Bangaldy the goose and the gander lie way up to the door", eveyone sits down on chairs, then one of the crowt counts "Bingaldy Bingaldy" etc, on everyone's legs and when the first one is out he goes up to the door, when the second one is out, he goes up, and carries the first one around the floor.
The last game is "Ringo" is played on crooks, a ringboard is hung up, and there is numbers on the board, and everyone gets four rings each, and they try to hang the rings on the crooks, each crook denotes a number and who ever has the biggest number and who ever has the biggest number at the end wins.
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- Tim Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tuath Ó gConaíle, Co. an Chláir
