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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

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Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 190

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    Girls toys.
    In Summer-time the girls gather daisies and pull the heads off them and put them on a string and they have a daisy chain made.
    Conquers.
    The boys bore a hole in a chestnut and put a string through it and they call the game they play Conquers. The boys about here still make them.
    Catapults.
    Get a piece of a tree like a fork. They call it the fork. They also get two pieces of rubber the same size and tie the rubber on to the fork and they have a catapult made. The boys about here still make them.
    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
    Pauline Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymulvey, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Kearns
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymulvey, Co. Longford