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School: Sonna (roll number 1422)

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Kildallan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs O' Connell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 182

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    Girls' pastimes are making dolls and daisy chains.
    Some ways of making dolls are:
    Get a small potato and a bit of a stick. Make a hole in the potato, and put up the bit of stick. Then get a knife and scoop out two holes for the eyes, and mark the nose and mouth with a cinder. Get two smaller and thinner pieces of stick, and fix them in for the arms.
    Now get some cloth, and make a dress for the doll and make a shawl for her so that it will not matter whether she has hair or not.
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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
    Collector
    Kate Donagan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sonna Demesne, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Molly Crinnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Sonna Demesne, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    parents
    Relation
    Parent