School: Robertson (roll number 12276)
- Location:
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Liam Ó Morchadh
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- There are some home made toys made in this district.One of them is called a spinning Jinney. This is how it is made.You get a large spool and cut the centre out of it.You make a spike to fit the hole in the centre of the end piece and you point it, then you spin it.
- Collector
- Thomas Dobson
- Gender
- Male
- Most of the little boys make small carts with a box and four wheels. They make them for rideing about in and pie shooters out of a big thick branch of a flower and scup the inside of out and you can shoot haws or pies
And the girls make daisy chains and rage dolls.