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School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)

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Rathkeeragan, Co. Offaly
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S. Mac Giolla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 086

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    top narrow at the bottom. They get a piece of iron and point it and put the iron into the narrow end of the wood. They put a piece of string around the ridges and spin the top.
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    The way to make a doll is to get a little potatoe and make two eyes and nose and a mouth and make a body with twine. The way to make a skipping rope is to get seven or eight bits of twine and plat them together and put a knot in each end. Girls make necklaces out of Jonnie Mc Gories they put a tread through the middle of the berry.
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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
    Joseph Digan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annaghbrack Glebe, Co. Offaly