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School: Coillte Bó (roll number 15984)

Location:
Kiltybo, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Michael S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 466

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    Every boy and many girls find amusement in making toys. Girls make strings of flowers into chains or girdles or else they make dolls. Boys make tops, bird cradles, water guns and snares for rabbits. Water guns are made from elder branches with a hole through the stick and another stick to fire the water out of the gun.
    Bird cradles are made from elder branches and strings and a frame to keep the sticks together. Boys make little gates out of turnips and matches. Boys make tops from spools. Snares are made from thin wire and are set in a hole to catch rabbits.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonmore Lower, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs King
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonmore Lower, Co. Mayo