School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 275
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- (continued from previous page)legs & hands in the same way & sewed them on to the body. Likewise the head. Buttons were used for eyes & bits of stick for the mouth & nose.
- Gloves & socks were knitted & put on the doll's hands & feet, while caps were made for the head which was covered with hair of different kinds. When the doll was made, cots were made of large match-boxes.
- Cots were made from sallies, & twine. About ten sticks were put standing straight & the sallies intertwined, inside one & outside the other. They were then tied together so that they would not fall asunder. Lots were put together & tied to the bottom & the cot was finished.
- Collector
- Ellie Brown
- Gender
- Female
- Girls made dolls from roots of the Dandelion which when washed was used as a baby-doll. They then made a cot out of pieces of boards nailed together & painted any colour they liked. They used put wheels made of polish tins on it.
- Boys made tops from spools or from a thick piece of stick. They cut the stick to a length of about two & a half inches in length & thinned it at one end to a point where they put a nail to keep it from wearing & to make it spin better. They cut little ridges(continues on next page)
