| 1. Toys |
| liùdhag | doll. |
| 2. Swings, see-saws |
| lair a mhaide | see-saw. |
| 3. Games played indoors |
| tudalan na h àthe | blind man’s bluff. |
| 4. Outdoor games not involving a ball or puck |
| [boc] | Aon air buicean / Dhà air buicean / Maide sùirn / Cul an duirn / Cearc bheag / Bhiorach bhàn / Rug an t-ubh / Air a’ spàr / Bhrist’ e mus an ruig e làr / Cunnt romhaid s ’as do dheigh / Cia mheud adharc th’ air a Bhoc. A game played by two: ‘tormentor’ sits in a chair, ‘tormented’ sits on the floor between the tormentor’s knees. Tormentor, while repeating the refrain, sustains a constant knocking with his knuckles on the tormented’s head. Whenever the refrain is finished, the tormentor’s hand is placed on the tormented’s head. The tormented has to guess how many horns the Buck may have. A clenched fist – maol am boc. One finger – one horn, aon arc. Two fingers – two horns, da. Three fingers – three horns, trì. Four fingers – four horns, ceithir. Five fingers – five horns, coig arcan. The game continues until the tormented guesses the number of horns correctly. The players then change places. Tormentor v tormented or king v subject or officer v soldier or uachdran v iochdran. |
| Peilistairean | Righ, Banrigh. A set of seven stones erected by opposing teams. Team: 1, 2 or 3 players who in turn hurled stones at the opposition’s peilistairean. The King and Queen were usually the first victims and the subjects behind might fall with the Royal family. All Peilistairean down first were declared winners.
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| [note] | [NOTES: the word and definition appear under Section 6. Athletics.] |
| 5. Ball games |
| ag gioman | camanachd. [NOTES: not clear what the connection between the two items is.] |
| caman | stick. |
| càisball | [NOTES: the word is circled. Another circle appears near the word ‘goal’ a few lines down. Is there a connection?] |
| coileag | shinty ball. |
| crioch | boundary. |
| tuili | [?] point scored, goal, when ball is driven to boundary. |
| seas do thulaichean | do not go between your opponent and the ball. |
| speilipan | See attached slip. [NOTES: the following copied from the attached piece of paper.] L – Lever, which was hit with a bat, cromag [?] stave etc., which flung the ball into the air. From then the game was similar to cluich air house i.e. rounders. When the players were few, the catcher had the privilege of wielding the bat. There was quite an art in playing the ball in the hole: central, or to the left slightly or to the right slightly depending on how the field was set. Also the wielding of the bat gave room for the display of skill. Hit for 4, hit for 6 or interval for trot.
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| cluich air house | rounder[s] (English), baseball (American). |
| coileag | cockle. |
| 6. Athletics |
| car a mhultainn | somersault. |
| leum | long jump. |
| cruinn leum | standing jump. |
| leum staraig | one step and jump. |
| leum a mhilitia | [?] hop step and jump. |
| leth chois, sinnteag ’s leum | [hop step and jump.] |
| leum a mhaide | leum mach as a bhalá, held by both hands. |
| 7. Heavy events |
| dòrnag | shot putt. |
| 8. Contests involving pulling or pushing |
| maide leisg | Domhnull Mòr Taileir [?] agus Iain Mhurican [?] bhris spaid ùr eatóra leis a mhaide leisg. |
| 9. Boxing and wrestling |
| Bheil thu deònach air | |
| An gabh thu air | |
| car gleachd | wrestling. |
| cas a bhacaig | tripping backward. |
| Thoir ging dha | Kick him. |
| dorochan corrach | [?] |
| putadh a bhunàt | planting with a dibble. |
| 10. Blows in general |
| fuarag | knock out. Thug mi fuarag dha. |
| 11. Injury and exhaustion |
| buile-léig | (knock blood) [blow] causing effusion of blood. |
| màrstanan | casan. [NOTES: not clear if the two words are connected.] |
| gàgan mìne | |
| fannachadh | |
| sgóthadh | sprain. |
| laigse | |
| leig e roimhe | |
| leig e ànn | |
