Abstract The project builds on the earlier work of the Irish Folklore Commission in collecting the Schools' Survey in 1937-38 by collecting information on children's games from seven Dublin schools in 2009.
In collection Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVLRA)
1. Sample Essays about Children's Games from 1937-1938 Schools' Survey
2. Sample Copybooks Collected from Schools in November 2009
3. Audio Recordings of Children Describing and Playing Games
b. Ballyroan Boys National School
d. Carysfort National School, Blackrock
e. St. Brigid's Girls National School, Palmerstown
f. Gardiner Street Convent School
1. Sample Essays about Children's Games from 1937-1938 Schools' Survey
[Selection of essays about games by schoolchildren from copybook NFC_0790] [View...] |
[Selection of essays about games by schoolchildren from copybook NFC_0796] [View...] |
[Selection of essays about games by schoolchildren from copybook NFC_0797] [View...] |
2. Sample Copybooks Collected from Schools in November 2009
[Copybook 3. Glasnevin National School] [View...] |
[Copybook 4. Glasnevin National School] [View...] |
[Copybook 21. Rathgar Junior School] [View...] |
[Copybook 35. St. Brigid's Girls National School, Palmerstown] [View...] |
[Copybook 32. St. Brigid's Girls National School, Palmerstown] [View...] |
3. Audio Recordings of Children Describing and Playing Games
b. Ballyroan Boys National School
[Football rounders] [View...] |
[Tip-the-can] [View...] |
[One night my cousin was walking home ...] [View...] |
d. Carysfort National School, Blackrock
[Games and riddles in Carysfort N.S.] [View...] |
e. St. Brigid's Girls National School, Palmerstown
f. Gardiner Street Convent School
[Games and songs in Gardiner Street] [View...] |
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