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

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 257

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    the pattern is on top. I would cut through all the thicknesses together with a scissors. I would take a thin hairpin and thread it through the centre of the petals. This also forms the stalk of the flower. I would twist the two wires together and then I would bind them round with a strip of green paper. My mother used make those things in her young days and I do the same now.
    I find great delight in making the dolls and dressing them up in many colours.
    My brother make traps for blackbirds in his spare
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    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