School: Cruachán, An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Crookhaven, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Saidhbhín Ní Bhoidbléir
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- Long ago the children of Crookhaven and the surrounding districts made all their own toys. The girls made dolls out of different material as paper, rubber, wood and cloth. They also made necklaces from different wild flowers.
The boys made many toys as guns, tops, slings, snares and bird baskets. They made the guns from the branches of the elder tree. Tops were made from old threadspools. Slings were made from a long narrow twig with a cord from one end of the twig to the other this was used for throwing stones. Snares were made for catching rabbits or hares. They were made out of snare wire with a loop at one end. They put theses snares outside the rabbit borrow so when the rabbit stepped on the wire it would choke him. Bird baskets were also made out of twigs to catch birds.
All theses toys are made to the present day in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Pyburn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crookhaven, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr T. Driscoll
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Crookhaven, Co. Cork
