School: Baile Dubh, (C.) (roll number 15541)

Location:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Dhriaghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 517

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  1. In Spring or Summer time when the daisies appear, girls go out in the fields to pick them to make necklaces. They pluck the heads of the daisies and sew them together in the centre with a needle and thread.
    Children also make dolls of old rags and sticks. They shape the head and shoulders of cloth bags filled with sawdust or leaves. The top part is for the doll's head and the lower part is for the body. They make the hands and legs of sticks and put an old coat on the doll and make hair with shavings for her head. They play with her then and find great amusement with their rag doll.
    Boys, when making tops, cut a piece of holly wood and work it with a knife and chisel, until they have it shaped like a top. Then they take it to the forge to get a spear in it.
    To make a hurley, they cut a piece of ash that is arched like a hurley and work it with a hatchet and plane until they have it made into a proper hurley. They
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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
    Josephine O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr William Canning
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Waterpark, Co. Cork