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School: Glentidaly (roll number 9983)

Location:
Glentidaly, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. M. Heron
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 223

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    alike long, and it was able to go round on the table by means of this stick.
    They made snares out of horse hair by fastening five or six hairs with a cord half-a-yard long.
    They put a stick at each and fastened the sticks in the ground this they called "girns."
    They used a turnip or a potato for a candle-stick.
    They got the potato and made a hole in the centre; the size to hold their candle.
    They made lanterns to hold their candles too. They made the lanterns out of boards and put glass out of the boards and put glass in each side and set the candle in side.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Isobel Anderson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glentidaly Glebe, Co. Donegal