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Bacon - A word used at Long Rope , calling for the rope to be turned very fast.
Backs - A game like leap frog , going over the back lengthways.
Bank - The space between the rails & the hedge behind the boys garden.
Bargullies - Young birds.
Barley Ghost - A ghost was so called from an unlucky mistake made by a boy in saying the first answer of the Angelus.
Beef - A call at Long Rope for the rope to be turned slowly.
Bells - Long Rope again. Swing it from side to side.
Belly Band. - The string of the kite.
Bender - A brier or hoop on the kite.
Bounce - To make a ball rebound .
Bread & Cheese - Leaves of the hawthorn hedge around the Park.
Broth - Melted tallow of a snuffed out candle.
Bull Beef- A game played with stakes struck into wet clay.
Bull Roar - A flat piece of wood whirled round to create a roaring noise.
Cabbage - To appropriate the composition of another.
Candle - The mark made by a shoe in the ice.
Chotties or Teotties - Potatoes.
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