1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tuairín Chathail (C.)

School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

Location:
Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 255

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 255

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tuairín Chathail (C.)
  2. XML Page 255
  3. XML “Homemade Toys”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Homemade Toys

    Share Share Post
    The chief way I amuse myself at home is by making toys, such as dolls and decorating the room with paper flowers. All I would need for to make a doll is a clothes peg and some crepe paper. I would put the peg standing and then cut a piece of the crepe paper about five inches long and two inches wide, I would tie this firmly with cotton on either side close up to the top of the peg.
    For the dress I would cut another length of paper an
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Eily Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reanasup, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Nellie Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Reanasup, Co. Kerry