School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Ellen Daly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 367
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- Toys - A Rattly box.
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9 This is a toy children often make, which is called a rattly-box. At first you must get five rushes, and tie the ends of them with a piece of string. Then you widen them out and with loose rushes twists one over the other, like how a basket is made, till you have it nearly finished. When you are near the end you put a lot of small stones into it and you tie the top again with a string and then it is finished. Then when you shake it the stones make a rattle and the thing you make with rushes is shaped like a box and that is the reason it is called a rattly-box. It was a very nice toy long ago for the children when there were no toys to be bought and we make it here yet for we do not buy many shop toys.
- Toys - A toy whistle.
7-2-38 The whistle which is made from the sycamore tree is better than the ones buy. This is how it is made:- First you cut a little(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Neil Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Linsfort, Co. Donegal
