School: Hollyfort (roll number 12523)
- Location:
- Hollyfort, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mabel Vaughan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 270
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- In the old days people used to make toys at home for their children. Some people were able to make a teetum-totam out of a spool. They made four sides on it and put or cut the words on it - "Take all", "Put all", "Put one", and "Take two". It was made something like this.- Drawing of teetum-totam -People used to make snares for catching rats long ago. They were made from a bit of a sally rod with the two ends of it stuck in the ground and a piece of leather on one of the ends made in the shape of a snare. When the rat would run into it one part of it pulled up and the rat was choked.Another toy that used to be made was a rush-whip. The way that it was made was - they would get three(continues on next page)
- Collector
- George Bass
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ballingarry Lower, Co. Wexford
