School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)

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   dolls out of rags and some make them of fine straw. Boys make cribs for catching birds. A crib is made of sticks and cord. They also make snares out of wire for catching rabbits. they are made by getting three r four bits of wire and twisting them together. Children also make puff-balls. These are made out of heads of cowslips. First get a bit of thread and them put the heads of the cowslips in a row along the thread and then tie the two ends of the thread together.

   

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2. Homemade Toys

   

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   Boys make whistles out of chestnuts. they gather the chestnuts in the harvest time when they fall off the trees. They scoop a hole in the chestnut and break the white stuff into little bits and empty it out of the shell. Boys also make spinning tops. They get a thick round piece of wood and make little ridges round about the piece of wood. They make it wide at the

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. toys (~1,598)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Cash

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killoughy, Co. Offaly