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School: Eileastrom (2)

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Ellistrin Big, Co. Donegal
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Máire Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 220

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    Toys were not so plentiful long ago as they are nowadays. There were not many children who bought their toys long ago. They found more pleasure in making their own toys and in playing with them. Now-a-days children like to make toys at home too.
    Girls make dolls, necklaces, and lots of other things. When children want to make their toys they must have something to make then with, such as, turnips, potatoes, paper, thread, buttons, etc. Girls make necklaces with berries, or daisies. They pull a daisy make a little hole in the stem of the daisy put another in there and so on until the necklace is made. When a girl wants to make a doll she can make
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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
    Nan E. Rogers
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnavern, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs N. P. Rogers
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnavern, Co. Donegal