School: Tattenclave

Location:
Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 193

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    cutting the tongue out of a shoe, and putting a string at each end of the tongue and then you have it made.
    They make balls out of paper, old rags and straw. The people can make different shapes out of turnips. They can make the shape of a cap for your head out of a turnip.They can make a thing out of it to hold eggs.
    The people can make snares for rabbits out of wire. The can double up the wire and leave it at the rabbit hole and when the rabbit comes out it will get caught in the wire and it will neither be fit to get out of the wire nor pull the wire along with it.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Moyna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Frank Moyna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan