School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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- (continued from previous page)0f cloth, and they sew small buttons on them for eyes.
They used to make teddy bears with straw, and old rags and they would sew them up the sides of them.
They used make doll's beds with old boxes and small wheels.Daisy Chains
The way we make daisy chains is to get a number of daisies, and split the stem of one and put the stem of the last through & then it is joined.
- Long ago my mother used to make dolls. She would get old rags and sew them together, and stuff them with sawdusk, and make dresses for them.Prams
Get an old box and put old wheels on it We use this for wheeling one another, up & down the road.We also make dolls house. We get bits of wood and nail them together, and put our dolls into them.Whips
Get a stick and tie a piece of cord on it(continues on next page) - Collector
- Evlyn Butterly
- Gender
- Female
