School: Baile Rua (Buachaillí)

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1. Homemade Toys (continued)

   

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   build it up with sticks until they reach the top, and then they tie it with a a piece of a string. Then they get a trigger and set it. They also make whirlydigs out of pieces on tin and buttons.

   

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2. Local Crafts

   

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   There was once a man by the name of Tommy Trayers of Leitra and he was a very good hand making cleeves and skibs and stioddles and collars for asses use. There was once a man by the name of Séan Ó Flynn who lived down near Ballinlough. He used to make a lot of heath brooms bound by osien rods and he used to sell them at all the markets for years and he used to do an extensive trade with them. There was once a man by the name of Edward O Connor of Ballymore, a

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Matt Geroghty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Williamstown, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mr Georghty

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Williamstown, Co. Galway