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1. Homemade Toys

   

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   In olden times boys and girls made toys to amuse themselves when they had spare time.

   Girls liked to be stringing flowers into chains, or making dolls' dresses or whirling dolls in prams.

   Boys liked to make tops from spools, guns from elder branches, and snares for catching hares and rabbits.

   Snares were made by getting a piece of wire and twisting it at both ends, and then putting a piece of cord and a stake on it, and a finer stake to hold it up, which is called the tiller.

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   Making tops from spools is a great pastime with little boys. They get an empty spool and cut it across, through the centre leaving the top and bottom of the spool with the whole in each, to put a short piece of stick through, to serve as a handle for spinning with. Then they cut down the

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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

   Etta Roulstone

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rathmelton, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mr Samuel Roulstone

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   58

   Address

   Rathmelton, Co. Donegal