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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 195

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    The toys the people had long ago were made at home. They made tops out of spools. They would cut a piece of the spool and put a point on the piece that was left and then you could spin it.
    They made slings out of a stick. How they made them was to get a piece of a stick and to split it at the top. When they had them split they would put a stone in the split and swing the stick and the stone would fly out.
    They made snares out of cord and a piece of stick. They got the piece of stick and tied the cord
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    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
    Kathleen Rocks
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr Mc Phillips
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan