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School: Clochar na Trocaire, Cinn Mhara

Location:
Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siúr M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0280

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    make panes of glass. Sometimes the paper they put in the windows is of different colours, red, blue, purple, green and yellow. They get a long piece of board and of this they make a door. When the dolls house is complete they paint the upper storey white and the lower storey red and they make small furniture out of boards.
    Long ago when the people had no candlesticks they used to bring in a turnip from the garden and they used to wash it. Then they used to cut a round hole in the centre of the turnip according to the size of the candle and they used to put the candle into it. Up to the present day the turnips are used as candles.
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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
    Peggie Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway