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School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

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Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
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Bríd Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0265, Page 215

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    Home Made Toys
    The following are a list of home made toys: -
    Dolls. Dolls were made of cloth and potatoes. They used to make little men out of candle grease. They also used to get a spool and put a blouse and skirt on it and cut out eyes on it also. Some of the girls were very handy and they used to make dolls out of wood.
    carts and asses. The little boys make carts of wood and they used to make asses of putty.
    Whistles Whistles were made of pieces of elder sticks and others were made of tin.
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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
    Informant
    Charles Fuery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    30
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Ardle
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    61
    Address
    Galey, Co. Roscommon