School: Richmond (roll number 14400)

Location:
Richmond, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 088

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 088

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  1. Boys made tops from thread spools and from a piece of a stick such as an old handle of a spade or shovel. They cut a piece of the handle about two or three inches long. The piece of timber is about one and a half inches wide. They cut the timber with a knife until one end of it is about a quarter of an inch wide. Then they get a nail. They cut the head off the nail. Then it is reddened and it is driven in the top. The spike is left about a quarter of an inch out. That top is called a spinning top. There
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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
    Michael Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo