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School: Tyrrellspass (C) (roll number 6040)

Location:
Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonduibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0731, Page 458

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    The toys we make are not so much as we are not very handy. However I have often seen little girls stringing beads to make necklaces. They join a few strands of threads together and place the beads on them arranging them according to taste as to colour.
    We often make necklaces and bracelets of daisies by stringing them together. Sometimes we string hundreds of them and have several strands of necklace.
    Tops. We get an empty spool and pare one end of it into a point. We then get a piece of stick and stick it in through the opening and point the end of it until it nearly looks the one piece with the spool.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meedian, Co. Westmeath