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School: N. Colmcille, Buncrana (roll number 16752)

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 392

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    Girls used to make girdles from flowers called buttecups and they used to make cloth dolls and stuff them with straw or hay. Boys used to make home made tops by shaping them out of spools when the thred was taken of the spools. Boys used to make lanterns from turnips and put candles in the turnips to show light. Boy also used to cut a face out in a turnip and put a candle in it to scare other people. Boys also used to make swords from rushe and they also used to make hat from rushes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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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
    Sheamus Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    William Donagh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70