School: Baile Ruadh (Cailíní)

Location:
Ballyroe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0013, Page 216

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    they mixed it in the palms of their hands until they had it made into whatever article they wished and then they left it out in the sun to harden.
    In summer girls made chains from daisies and put different flowers in the centre for an ornament , and this was the way they did it. They put a hole in the end of each flower, and put a stem into the hole and so on until they had it finished, and they dressed themselves with the chains.
    Boys made spinning tops from wood, and put a spike in the centre of it and left it on a chair or on something, and twisted it and they had a tiny whip to keep it going.
    They had a sling make from a piece of leather which was tied in both ends , and a hole in the centre of it, for the stone and a string from it, which they twisted round their hands , and gave it a fling to see which would send it the greatest distance or the greatest height .
    They made pipes from spools, and a stem from another piece of wood, and put tobac-mána in it for tobacco and smoked it.
    Another pastimes boys had was to make bubbles and this was the way they did it. They filled a clay pipe with dissolved soap
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Róisín Ní Chadhain
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowroe, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Séan Ó Chadhain
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Carrowroe, Co. Galway