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School: Beacán (C.)

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Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 270

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    Every boy and girl find great amusement in making toys. Long ago when the people could not afford to buy toys the children used to make them themselves.
    The girls used make dolls, and necklaces, and nowadays we call them daisy chains. This is the way they made the dolls. first they got a big potato and they scooped two eyes in it, the mouth and the nose. Then they got an old cloth and they made it in the shape of a bag, and they packed it with
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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
    Josephine Finnegan
    Gender
    Female