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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cinn Mhara

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Kinvarra, Co. Galway
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0136

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    On Christmas Eve the man of the house puts a hole in the middle of the turnip. He then puts the candle into the candle-stick.
    Children also make tops from thread spools. They get an empty spool and they shape the top of it with a knife. When this is done they get a coffin-nail and they drive it into the top of the spool. They then spin the top and they strike it with a whip. There are many other useful things which children make especially in Summer.
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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
    Mary Leary
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Oibrí
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway