School: Malahide (B.)

Location:
Malahide, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 135

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  1. There are a great number of home-made toys. I am going to describe some of them. My father made a toy-pig from a lemon. He put two heads of matches to make the eyes and four matches to make his legs and one match for his tail.
    There is a water-weed by which musical instruments can be made. There is no centre in these weeds. You can make a fife from them by boring one
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christopher Langan
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Dublin