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School: Kilmyshal (roll number 14777)

Location:
Kilmyshall, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
E. Mac Niocláis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0891, Page 214

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    Boys and girls make toys for themselves when they are young. Girls make dolls out of paper and put sticks for legs and arms. They plait backets and rattle-boxes out of rushes.
    They make backets to carry flowers.
    They put stones in the rattle-box to make a rattle. The boys make tops for spinning. They make them out of spools. They pare one end of the spool then they get a stick and put it in the hole then they spin with it.
    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
    Kathleen Slye
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Matthew Tyrrell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Rossard, Co. Wexford