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School: Lough Arrow

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Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo
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Cathal Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 205

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    Long ago children used to make their own toys at home. The girls used to make dolls out of rags and stuff them with rags and feathers. They used to put buttons for their eyes. They used to get cardboard boxed and make beds for their dolls.
    The boys used to get boxed and make carts out of them. They used to put polish boxes for wheels.
    They used to pare empty spools and make spinning top out of them. They used to cut out faces of clock out of cardboard and mark the figures on it. They used to cut out the hands out of tin and put them on the clocks. They used to make very nice clocks in this way.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annaghgowan, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr James Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Annaghgowan, Co. Sligo